Lexington

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battle battles historic house historic site historic tavern municipality public school district rail trail state holiday suburb town

Lexington is a historic suburban town in Massachusetts, United States, best known as the site where the first shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired at the Battle of Lexington in 1775.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → battles → historic house → historic site → historic tavern → historic tavern → municipality → public school district → rail trail → state holiday → suburb → town →
commemorates	Battles of Lexington and Concord →
country	United States →
foundedIn	17th century →
hasGovernmentType	representative town meeting →
hasHistoricEvent	Battle of Lexington →
hasHistoricSignificance	site of the first shots of the American Revolutionary War →
hasLandmark	Buckman Tavern → Hancock-Clarke House → Lexington Battle Green → Munroe Tavern →
hasMotto	Birthplace of American Liberty →
hasNearbyCity	Boston, Massachusetts →
hasNotableCommemoration	Patriots’ Day celebrations →
hasPrimaryHighway	Interstate 95 (Massachusetts) → Route 128 → Route 2 (Massachusetts) →
hasRailTrail	Minuteman Bikeway →
hasRegion	New England →
hasSchoolDistrict	Lexington Public Schools →
hasSettlementType	town →
hasStartDate	1775-04-19 →
hasTypeOfClimate	humid continental climate →
isSuburbOf	Boston, Massachusetts →
locatedIn	Lexington, Massachusetts → Lexington, Massachusetts → Lexington, Massachusetts → Lexington, Massachusetts → Lexington, Massachusetts → Massachusetts → Middlesex County, Massachusetts →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
namedAfter	Lexington, England →
originallyPartOf	Cambridge, Massachusetts →
partOf	American Revolutionary War → American Revolutionary War → Greater Boston →
passesThrough	Lexington, Massachusetts →
primarilyObservedIn	Massachusetts →
serves	Lexington, Massachusetts →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Greater Boston ("Arlington") → Greater Boston →	containsCity
Hancock-Clarke House →	city
William Dawes’s warning ride →	hasLocation
Lexington Battle Green ("Lexington town center") →	hasView
Bridge Elementary School ("Town of Lexington") →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Buckman Tavern ("Town of Lexington") →	ownedBy
Cambridge Farms ("Town of Lexington") →	predecessorOf
William Dawes’s warning ride →	routeEnd