Battle Road Tactical Demonstration
April 19
The Battle Road Tactical Demonstration highlights the signature living history events at Minute Man National Historical Park on Patriots’ Day. It features hundreds of volunteer reenactors. Throughout the day learn about the events of April 19, 1775 from many points of view.
Enjoy a full schedule of living history programs and demonstrations. They include a fast-paced tactical demonstration along a restored stretch of the original Battle Road! Talk with volunteers portraying colonial civilians forced to leave their homes, minute men who answered the sudden call to arms, British soldiers fighting for king and country and Loyalists who saw the struggle differently from their neighbors.
Battle Road Schedule
Sunrise: Minute Man National Historical Park grounds open.
9:00 a.m.: Minute Man Visitor Center opens.
9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Hartwell Tavern open house held.
9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Captain William Smith open house held.
Colonial militia man at Minute Man National Historical Park
9:30 a.m-4:30 p.m.: Living History Area at Minute Man Visitor Center.
11:30 a.m.: Hartwell Tavern/ Elm Brook Hill area secured for demonstration.
11:45 a.m.: Elm Brook Hill tactical demonstration held.
12:30 p.m-4:30 p.m.: Hartwell Tavern open house held.
1:00 p.m.: Parker’s Revenge tactical demonstration held.
1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Living History Area at Minute Man Visitor Center opens.
1:45 p.m.: Prisoners of War program held at Whittemore House.
3:00 p.m.: After the Battle program at Hartwell Tavern.
Hartwell Tavern
3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Nathan Meriam Open House and Meriam’s Corner Program.
3:00 p.m.: Patriots of Color Program begins at Concord’s Old North Bridge.
4:30 p.m.: Historic Houses close.
5:00 p.m.: Minute Man Visitor Center closes.
Dusk: Minute Man National Historical Park grounds closed.
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Images: Hartwell Tavern By Seasider53 – Visit, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=99071625.