Peabody and Danvers are collaboratively planning events for Patriots Day Monday, April 21. This year’s holiday commemorates the 250th anniversary of the opening battles of the American Revolution.
During a speaking program and presentation by re-enactors from the Danvers Alarm List Company, at 10 a.m., the markers will be set at Peabody’s historic Lexington Monument, erected to honor the seven soldiers from Danvers who gave their lives in April 1775.
From 9 a.m. to noon, Peabody will close a portion of Washington Street from Main Street to Pleasant Street. Parking is available in several nearby lots, so visitors can enjoy the temporary plaza from the Bell Inn property at historic Eagle Corner to the Peabody Historical Society HQ in the General Gideon Foster House at 35 Washington St.
Visitors are welcomed at the Peabody Historical Society Washington Street campus from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for free entry into the Foster House and to explore Peabody’s Revolutionary era history and learn of the seven young men of Danvers killed in the early battles, the history of the Lexington Monument and the brave soldiers that were in all the battles during our Revolutionary War.
For more information, please visit peabody-ma.gov or peabodyhistorical.org.
