Prescott’s Ride & The Lincoln Alarm
April 12 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
“LISTEN my children, and you shall hear. Of Prescott’s Ride…?
On the evening of April 12, 2025 join National Park Rangers as we commemorate and explore the true story of the famous midnight ride 250 years ago. On April 19, 1775, a midnight alarm spread across Massachusetts about the impending march of British soldiers from Boston to Concord. In 1860, the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow immortalized the story of Paul Revere and his midnight ride. But what about the many other alarm riders that evening?
Prescott’s Ride
Contrary to Longfellow’s poem, Revere never made it to Concord. A British patrol captured Revere and others at the boarder of Lexington and Lincoln, Mass., around 1:00 a.m. Riding alongside Paul Revere, Concord local Samuel Prescott made a daring horseback escape and then spread the alarm onward. Prescott returned to the main road near Hartwell Tavern, communicating the alarm to Lincoln before riding off to Concord.
Join National Park Rangers for a nighttime open house and immersive 250th living history experience at Hartwell Tavern in Lincoln, Mass.
Minute Man National Historical Park
Minute Man National Historical Park comprises 1,038 acres and runs through the towns of Lexington, Lincoln and Concord, Mass.
The Park commemorates the opening battles of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775 and celebrates the American revolutionary spirit through the writings of the Concord authors.
Minute Man National Historical Park
The Friends of Minute Man National Historical Park provide much-needed support to help the Park preserve the significant historic sites, structures, landscapes, events, and ideas of the American Revolution.
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Images: Hartwell Tavern By Daderot at English Wikipedia – Photograph taken by me., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=221700. Minute Man National Historical Park By Jay Sullivan – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21183460.