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■ Plan to engage a professional event planner for the afternoon festival ● Ms. Barry provided 2025 updates: ○ National DAR to visit during the weekend of April 12, 2025 ■ Visit will include Lexington and Concord ● Minutes: ○ The minutes of the 8.16.2023 meeting were approved unanimously ● Patriots’ Day Weekend 2025 schedule update ○ Ms. Barry is working on the schedule with representatives from the Minutemen, British reenactors, Police, Fire, DPW, Minuteman National Park ○ Reenactment of Paul Revere’s ride will be held at 10 pm on Friday night ○ Saturday morning: ■ Battle reenactment (starting time tbd), Battle Road, Parker’s Revenge ■ Road race ■ DAR rededication on Saturday ○ Saturday afternoon: parade at 2 pm ○ Sunday: Easter, nothing scheduled as of now ○ Monday: State holiday, DAR wreath laying at obelisk, British events, possible naturalization ceremony ○ Tower Park event will possibly be on weekend before or on Monday of PD weekend ○ Concord: Parade at 8:30 am, event at Bridge, dignitaries at 10:00 am on Saturday ○ National Park staff have invited the Secretary of the Interior ○ We are in consultation with White House and Congress on a possible visit by dignitaries ● Working Group mission statements ○ Working Group representatives reviewed their mission statements as submitted to Ms. Barry ○ Summary of additional information discussed: ■ Community Partners: Ms. Roy ● Created a spreadsheet listing community partners and asked committee members to volunteer to be points of contact for different groups ● Ms. Roy will reach out to various community groups and maintain open lines of communication ○ Education: Ms. Hundley ■ Goals include providing an understanding of historic events ■ Discussed importance of funding for visual art and music in the schools ○ Fundraising: Mr. Colatisti