Buckman Tavern
Museum in Lexington, MassachusettsWikipedia
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Nov 4, 2026
William CooperHOST
The patrol continued on the Old Bay Road to Lincoln.
William CooperHOST
As soon as the British patrol was through Lexington, about forty Minutemen gathered at the Buckman Tavern on Lexington Green.
William CooperHOST
8.30 p.m.
William CooperHOST
The British patrol passed the farmhouse of Sergeant Samuel Hartwell of the Lincoln Minutemen.
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William CooperHOST
The site of Revere's capture is marked with a tablet today.
William CooperHOST
1.30 a.m. Captain Parker dismissed his men on Lexington Green with orders to respond again at the beating of the drum.
William CooperHOST
Those who did not live near enough to go home repaired to the Buckman Tavern.
William CooperHOST
Dr. Prescott came out of a thicket behind the house of Sergeant Samuel Hartwell of the Lincoln Minutemen.
William CooperHOST
As the British ran on in confusion, more of their number were killed and wounded.
William CooperHOST
Three more soldiers were abandoned near the Lexington Green and carried into the Buckman Tavern, where one of them died three days later.
William CooperHOST
The beaten British force was now threatened with complete dissolution before the relief party under Earl Percy could come to its aid.
William CooperHOST
One last effort to restore discipline, however, was made and succeeded in bringing the discomfited troops together until they could reach the protection of their reinforcements.
Sabrina BhattacharjyaGUEST
The belfry in the center of town started to ring.
Sabrina BhattacharjyaGUEST
It was the alarm for the Lexington militia to assemble on the green at Buckman Tavern.
Sabrina BhattacharjyaGUEST
There were about 80 patriots, but about 700 regulars coming towards Lexington.
Sabrina BhattacharjyaGUEST
No wonder Paul Revere had to ride out.
Richard EstepGUEST
I found ghost stories associated with Concord, especially the North Bridge.
Richard EstepGUEST
which was the first time um colonial militia fired on and killed the king's troops the so-called you know infamous shot that was heard around the world um what really surprised me though was i went to buckman tavern uh in lexington which is where the lexington militia who first faced off against the redcoats on lexington uh common um where they kind of um formed the night before.
Richard EstepGUEST
So April 18, 1775, the Lexington militia hung out there.
Richard EstepGUEST
They heard the British were coming and, uh, they were decided, you know, they would meet them, um, on, on the local green.
Richard EstepGUEST
The colonials blame the British.
Richard EstepGUEST
There is a school of thought among professional historians that thinks what may have happened, and I hope this is true, Jim, because it really appeals to my sense of, I hate to say whimsy, but I love that the universe might work like this.
Richard EstepGUEST
There's a school of thought that says the shot was actually fired by someone in Buckman Tavern, not involved in the fighting, who dropped his musket at exactly the wrong moment.
Jim HaroldHOST
Oh, boy.