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i. C) ii;inal owner (if knowr:) John Muzzey <br /> Original use Tavern & residence <br /> Subsequent uses (if any) and dates <br /> 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) <br /> Aboriginal Conservation Recreation <br /> Agricultural Education Religion <br /> Architectural x Exploration/ Science/ <br /> The Arts settlement invention <br /> Commerce Industry Social/ <br /> Communication Military x Humanitarian <br /> Community development x Political Transportation <br /> 9. Historical Significance (include explanatie,l of themes checked above) <br /> Registered National Landmark. Lexington Historical Society persuaded the town to buy <br /> Buckman Tavern in 1913. It is maintained by the Historical Society who keep it open <br /> as a house museum. By 1775 the tavern then owned & operated by John Buckman had become <br /> the site of Minute Men gatherings after musters on the green. The night of April 18, the <br /> Minute Men assembled here after Paul Revere's message warning that the British were <br /> marching out to seize the stores at Concord was delivered. When the British troops were <br /> finally sighted, the Minute Men who had spent the night waiting at the Tavern, rushed out <br /> to form their battle line on the green. <br /> Source Material: Lexington Historical Society archives- <br /> Booklet: "Story of the Buckman Tavern" <br /> S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984 <br /> 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, <br /> early maps, etc.) <br /> Tourtellot Battle of Lexington &Concord <br /> Hudson History of Lexington - 2nd od, 1913 <br />