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Patriots’ Day Celebration
Monday, April 21 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
FreeThe City of Medford invites you to Medford Square for the annual Patriots’ Day celebration. Events begin at 10 a.m. at the Salem Street Burying Ground next to Riverside Plaza as tribute is paid to the soldiers who lost their lives during the Revolutionary War. Words from Medford historian Dee Morris will accompany wreath laying on Patriots’ graves. Then march through Medford Square with Captain Isaac Hall and Mistress Hall to the historic Isaac Hall House at 43 High Street, awaiting the arrival of Paul Revere on horseback, just as he did 250 years ago to notify the local militia of British troop movement. There will be a dramatic reading of Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s Ride,” tours of Hall House (now the Islamic Cultural Center of Medford), and Ye Old Arcade Colonial Activities for children sponsored by Looking Back at Medford History Inc. in collaboration with the ICCM. Paul Revere will continue west on horseback and visit the Paul Revere Restaurant at 447 High Street in West Medford.