Battle Road: Civilian Evacuation & Battles

• Evacuation scenario at the home of William and Catharine Louisa Smith, 9:30 a.m. – noon.
• Battle reenactment at Parker’s Revenge, MMNHP, noon–1 p.m.
• Battle of Tower Park, 1200 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, 4 p.m.

Families prepare to evacuate their homes on April 19, 1775. Later, hundreds of British and Provincial soldiers recreate the running battle along the deadly stretch of road through Lincoln, from Elm Brook Hill to the Lexington border. Then both sides regroup to battle again at Tower Park in Lexington.