Patriots Day is held each year on the third Monday in April to commemorate the battle of Lexington and Concord, the first shots fired in the American Revolutionary War. Massachusetts residents take a holiday to celebrate American history and watch the Boston Marathon, one of the most well-known sporting events in the world. Here’s how you can participate in Patriots’ Day events around Massachusetts.

 

The Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon has been held each year on Patriots’ Day since 1897 (save a brief pause in 2020), making it the world’s longest annual marathon. It is New England’s most widely viewed sporting event, regularly attracting tens of thousands of participants and hundreds of thousands of spectators. Interested in attending the marathon? Learn more here.

 

Patriots’ Day Weekend in Lexington & Concord

Lexington

There are a number of commemorative events throughout Lexington on Patriots Day weekend, including a reenactment of the Battle at Lexington Green, tours of historic sites linked to the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, musical performances, documentary screenings, and more. Tours of the Buckman Tavern, the Munroe Tavern, and the Hancock-Clarke house will run throughout the weekend. See a full schedule at the town of Lexington’s website.

 

Ultimate Patriots’ Weekend At The Inn At Hastings Park

Located in the center where the American Revolution began, the Inn at Hastings Park is walking distance to the Battle Green where “The Shot Heard Round the World” was taken as well as to the many historic taverns that housed American and British soldiers.

4/15/2023, 4/16/2023, 4/17/2023

The Inn at Hastings Park, Lexington

 

Lexington Visitor Center: Walking Tours

Let our costumed guides transport you back in time to 1775 as they share the events that occurred on this hallowed ground over 240 years ago, at the very start of the American Revolution.

1875 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington

 

Concord

On Saturday and Sunday, head out to Battle Road to learn about the militia and civilian experience during the battles of Lexington and Concord through tours of historic battle sites and reenactments of famous events.

On Patriots’ Day, the Concord Museum offers free admission. Visit a minuteman encampment reenactment, keep your eye out for red-coated regulars roaming the museum, and see the special exhibit on the events of April 19, 1775.

Traffic in Concord Center is closed to cars from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Patriots’ Day to accommodate the town’s parade.

 

Patriots’ Day At The Concord Museum

Visit the brave Acton Minutemen company in an encampment outside the Concord Museum on Patriots’ Day and see them drilling with muskets to prepare for battle, cooking over a firepit, and demonstrating colonial spinning and sewing. This program is free and open to the public thanks to the generosity of the Massachusetts Society of Cincinnati and the Highland Street Foundation.
Concord Museum
, 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord

10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

 

Minute Man National Historical Park

Here is a full schedule of Patriots Day Weekend activities at the Minute Man National Historical Park, from April 15-19, 2023.

Events range from the Patriots Reenactment starting at 8:30 a.m. to the Patriot Vigil at 7:45 p.m.

 

 

Patriots’ Day Weekend in Boston

Patriots Day Weekend is a perfect opportunity to take in the sights and sounds of the Freedom Trail, a one-of-a-kind collection of locations that played significant and notable roles in the American Revolution.

Visit the Paul Revere House in Boston’s North End to learn about Revere’s famous ride to alert the colonists that the British were coming!

 

2023 Boston Marathon Watch Party

Watch Team Limb-it-less and your favorite Boston Marathon runners cross the finish line with HAF at Rochambeau!

Rochambeau, 900 Boylston Street, Boston

11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

 

Boston Marathon Celebration

Celebrate finishing the Boston Marathon the only way we know how: with beer and pretzels!

April 17, 2023

Harpoon Brewery, 306 Northern Avenue, Boston

 

Boston Marathon Weekend At Sam Adams

It’s the 127th Boston Marathon in the city! We’ll be celebrating runners all weekend long with the release of our 26.2 Brew.
Samuel Adams Boston Taproom
, 60 State Street, Boston