
In year 2025 the Concord 250th Celebration will mark the historic battles of Concord and Lexington. The 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution. The best sources of information are from the National Park Service and Massachusetts250.
The main historical “celebration” will encompass multiple events, spanning several months. Events will be conducted by the National Park Service, The Trustees, Concord Museum, and Concord Free Public Library. Numerous business and art/culture organizations may participate as well.
Best 250th Calendar – Massachusetts250
Lexington 250th Celebration Schedule of Events – PDF
National Park Service Calendar:
– April 19, 1775: The First Battle – Read More
– Patriots’ Day (April 2025 Events) – Read More
– American Revolution at Minute Man – Read More
– Directions & Transportation – Read More
The Battle of Lexington, Concord … “From this position on Punkatasset, they looked down upon the gently flowing Concord River upon the old North Bridge which crossed just in the immediate foreground; upon the red coated soldiers who stood grimly on guard at the nearer end; and beyond, up the river to Concord village, three-quarters of a mile away, where curling volumes of smoke seemed to indicate the burning of American homes.”
“In the meantime large numbers of Americans were gathering on the hills to the northward beyond the river. The commander of the British at the North Bridge and vicinity was not unmindful of that, and deemed it wise to concentrate his little army of three companies at the bridge itself, as that seemed to be the threatened point of attack.”
“While military critics cannot endorse the kind of warfare employed by the Americans on that day, almost if not quite of a guerilla nature, yet it must be confessed that their death roll was much smaller and their success, in some respects much greater, than it would have been had they fought as an army, in the open, under some brave commander. The British, on the other hand, were ever in the highway, standing or marching in a solid formation. The Americans were never more than a dozen or a score, side by side, and usually not more than two or three. Their selected position was a sheltered one; behind the walls; among the trees; even within the houses. Often the vigilant flank- guard, which Lieut. -Col. Smith counted upon so intelligently, came upon them unawares, and so added to the American death roll. Had they known the value of the flanking movements, and still fought as individuals as they did from the North Bridge to Charlestown Neck, but few would have been slain.”
Read the Whole Story – Coburn, F. W. (1912) The battle of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville and Charlestown, Massachusetts. Lexington, Mass., The author. [PDF] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/12014971/

Citations:
United States National Park Service. (2000) Minute Man National Historical Park, Massachusetts. [Washington, D.C.: The Service] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00555649/