Lexington Battle Green

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American Revolutionary War site historic town common public park

Lexington Battle Green is the historic town common in Lexington, Massachusetts, where the opening shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired and which now serves as a memorial site to that event.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Lexington Battle Green canonical 9
Lexington Green 3
Lexington Battle Green Historic District 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Revolutionary War site ⓘ
historic town common ⓘ
public park ⓘ
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1966 ⓘ
category American Revolutionary War sites ⓘ
Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ
National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts ⓘ
Parks in Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
Protected areas of Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfEvent 19 April 1775 ⓘ
governingBody Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Town of Lexington
hasAlternateName Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
surface form: Lexington Common

Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
surface form: Lexington Green
hasHeritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark
hasMemorial Boulder marking the line of the minutemen ⓘ
Lexington Minuteman Statue ⓘ
surface form: Memorial to the Lexington militia
hasMonument Lexington Minuteman Statue ⓘ
surface form: Captain John Parker statue

Lexington Minuteman Statue ⓘ
surface form: Lexington Minuteman statue

Lexington Minuteman Statue ⓘ
surface form: Revolutionary War Monument (Lexington)
hasNearbyBuilding Buckman Tavern ⓘ
Hancock-Clarke House ⓘ
Old Belfry site ⓘ
hasPlaque marker describing the Battle of Lexington ⓘ
tablet listing names of Lexington militia killed and wounded ⓘ
hasView Lexington ⓘ
surface form: Lexington town center
heritageDesignationDate 1961 ⓘ
knownFor Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Lexington

opening shots of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
locatedIn Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
maintainedBy Lexington Department of Public Works ⓘ
NRHPType National Historic Landmark District contributing property ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Town of Lexington
partOf Lexington Battle Green self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lexington Battle Green Historic District

Lexington Battle Green self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lexington Center historic district
significance symbol of the beginning of the American fight for independence ⓘ
significantEvent Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775

first armed clash between colonial militia and British troops in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor commemorative events on Patriots’ Day ⓘ
historical reenactments of the Battle of Lexington ⓘ
public ceremonies ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battles of Lexington and Concord → memorializedBy → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
Lexington → hasLandmark → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
subject surface form: Lexington, Massachusetts
Buckman Tavern → partOf → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington Battle Green Historic District
Buckman Tavern → locatedNear → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
Lexington Battle Green → partOf → Lexington Battle Green self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington Center historic district
Lexington Battle Green → partOf → Lexington Battle Green self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington Battle Green Historic District
Lexington Battle Green → hasAlternateName → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington Green
Lexington Battle Green → hasAlternateName → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington Common
Hancock-Clarke House → partOf → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington Historic District
Buckman family → associatedPlace → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington Green
Lexington, Massachusetts → knownFor → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
Lexington, Massachusetts → hasLandmark → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
Lexington Minuteman Statue → locatedIn → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
Lexington Minuteman Statue → locatedNear → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington Battle Green flagpole
Lexington Minuteman Statue → partOf → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lexington Green National Historic Landmark District
Minuteman Bikeway → near → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
Old Belfry site → locatedNear → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
Patriots’ Day Parade in Lexington → associatedWith → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts → knownFor → Lexington Battle Green ⓘ
subject surface form: Lexington, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Lexington Green