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Home My WebLink About1975-LBC-flyer.pdf r CALENDAR OF BICENTENNIAL ACTIVITIES, '•`�7m�`��r',�,��, LECTURES,CONCERTS AND EXHIBITS , " ,�+ .� y Februaty—November �'�p�" . �� % "� 1975 a ;Y '• '. ' '.� �iy= �� M' � � � - �F: '� February 1 —June w��. °� " Bicentennial mini-circulating slide presentations .��.,M;r.�,°? . ,� �' a ;,„;�;; �� ?. , �N ;� �, r and e�ibits fox the schools relating to posters and .� ht' ta ' > �e , �; exhibits. » � a February 1 —June ,� ,�j'�'� "'��'� , 'M � Bicentennial circulating exhibit for Senior Citizens " { '��'�� a�� .'..r' and others unable to attend 1975 events. £ n p a� sc n �, . `�' �,2� � �� '� ��"'" �� Febraary 26 ��` „�I'` — ��" .,� y Bicentennial Seminars. National Park Service with �� + i �d6W` �"` Le�cington.Open Lectures for the Town. ^ �� '� ��, ��, �, � �.�' '�� Dr. Richard Bushman, Boston University. � ��.� �+� ,, � � ' Why Farmeis FoughY, 1775. I "� `-"' ��' � First of series, First Parish Church, Lexington, i March 1 IN PRAISE OF HANDS AND SPIRIT Tea for the 200th at First Parish'. Eachibit of February 1975-1976 documents and special objects relating to tea. The challenge of the Bicentennial celebrations is Fireside Chat. On Subject of Tea. to seek a better understanding and appreciation of �cturer, F. Carpenter, Mus. Amer. China Trade Le�cington as it appears to us today and ac it Open chat, no registration. 2 — 4:30 PM. appeared once as a rural place. With the endorse- March 4 ment of the Bicentennial committee, a year long International Buffet, Masonic Temple near Green. series of events have been organized emphasizing Costumes, Rowers and buffet marking I,exington's I,exington's heritage as a small community which varied nationalities. "gathered"together to share in broad decision mak- 5 — 6:30; 7 —8:30 PM. ing as well as to share in good times of a small March 14 village. There are few physical evidences of Lexing- I.exington Historical Society, The Earliest Homes ton's past remaining. Therefore, photographic ex• in Massachusetts. "In Praise of Hands." hibits will show us L,e�cington as it is today.Fireside Lecturer, J. Deetz, Plymouth Plantation. chats for small informal talks and more formally Pilgrim Church. No registration. organized lectures should help us to comprehend Coordinated with Cary Library exhibit on Lexing- the lessons of Lexington. Bicentennial band and ton architecture. 8:00 PM. pops concerts should bring together those wishing to understandarid enjoy the present by recapturing March 19 Bicentennial Seminars,National Park. good times of.the past. Lecturer,Dr.Pauline Maiec THE FIRST TEA PARTY The Other Side: A British Point of View. HELD AT LEXINGTON Concord,First Parish Church. "Other towns had their tea parties. None appears April 1 —May 31 to be recorded as early as that in I.exington.Whi1e Cary Library Bicentennial Exhibit. Newburyport has long claimed that its resistance � Architectural Photographic Record of Lexington. to the tea tax was the first," Anita Worthen, Colonial to Contemporary. I.exington resident notes otherwise. pPr��2 In her article, The First Tea Party Held at Lexing- Bicentennial Seminars.National Park. ton, Mrs. Worthen leads us through the long se- Dr.Richard Hale,Mass.State Archivist. quence of events formulating in Boston in its The Rural Dilemma, 1700-1800. resistance to the hated tea tax. Her focus,however, Concord Academy. on Lexingtods resolves to support a common April 5 � . cause, assists us all in the seax.ch for "new light to A 1975 Celebration of Crafts. illuminate the dark years of this country's years." Hanwck Church Bicentennial Event. . With the permission of Anita Worthen, a limited Their effort in,"Praise of Hands." number of copies of her tightly reasoned article Hancock Church off the Green regarding L.exington's Tea Party held here in De- April 13 cember 1773, before that of Boston's, will be � Bicentennial Concerts,Masterworks. available at the Bicentennial Tea for the 200th. A New England Chronicle. March, First Parish Church off the Green. Special Event at Cary Ha1L � { � ��Y r3 ti f �°^ir �,/..5�'x . t.�f, ,y�. sr '�:' .''� < . . _' ' =._.. .� � s e .�fA"1 !. -e$ ,�y`� �`�,',��7 ,—y� .'�� _ �� 1—�,. r 3.,' "li m.�,p. ti � �•�.•�. Yd . ¢�" . -..,�. h :�:.. . � -. +A . s t . .S"r ' —+- '" � p eeee ' �� I � a m ��3 ' ��i � aaA' �a �� t �,,. .�p-. � ,� � 3 w _ . .� �'� ' ,� ?,.__ . _ _I.. . �� .�.0 v�b. CALENDAR OF BICENTENNIAL AGTIVITIES, February — November 1975 Second in series of Bicentennial Calendars. The final calendar will focus � � on publications, special contributions, environmental projects and further programming. . April 13 May 3 September 6,7 Fiske Hill Ceremony. Bicentennial Review of Fashion and Ducks,Decoys and Carvers in Wood. 4:00 PM. Costuming. "Lend-A-Hand."First New England Wood Carvers. April 1 S . Parish Church. Mini and Major Exhibit by this Group. U. S. Bicentennial Band. May�16 Masonic Temple off Green. Cary Hall. 8:00 PM. Izxington Historical Society at Follen. September 17 April 1975 . A Focus on Lexington's Open Spaces. $jcentennial Seminars,National Park. Bicentennial Revolutionary Ba11. Mini Exhibit of Maps.Panel Discussion. Topic to be announced. Date and location to be determined. MaY 2g'29 . Battleroad Visitors Center. � A Special Bicentennial Flower Sho'w. April 19 Lexington Field and Garden Club. October 1 —31 PatrioYs Day Events. "This Land is Aeritage." Cary Library,Piper Gallery. Youth Parade,Parades. Masonic Hall off the Green. Lexington School Faculty Art. Apri120 May 29, 30 and 31 October Heritage Services in I.exington Churches. Special Pops Concerts for a Cary Library, Film Series Rededication of the Common,a Bicentennial Year. Johnny Tremain and Griffiths Films. wmmemorative event at noon. Bicentennial Quilt Drawing. Clarke Junior High School. Masterworks Chorale Concert,Cary. Lexington Senior High School. Senior High School Band Exchange October 15 June 1 —July 31 Bicentennial Seminars,National Park. Concert. 8:00 PM. Cary Library Bicentennial E�ibits. Piper Gallery,Immortality Writ in Stone. Topic to be announced. Battleroad Visitors Center. April 20—August � Gravestone Rubbings. . The Hand and the Eye Bicentennial June 1 —Augus[ October E�ibit. Quilts, coverlets relating to Special Bicentennial Band Concerts. Fireside Chats and Concerts. Lexington, 1700=1900.Coordinated On and Off the Green. Registration by Adult Education. Fireside Chat to be announced. June 4 November I — 30 No registration. America,Film Series. First of 13. Cary Library,Piper Gallery. April 21 Clarke Junior High School. Student K-12 Art Show. Youth Day. Alistair Cooke. November 19 Special Bicentennial Athletic Events. Scheduling to be announced. Bicentennial Seminars,National Park. Concerts and Essay contest. August 1 —September 30 Museum of our National Heritage. Particulars to be announced. Cary Library,Piper Gallery. Subject to be annouriced. LexingtonArts and Crafts. . - Local Artists. Their Paintings. . APRIL and OCTOBER— Documents on display,mini and major e�chibits in churches and institutions in Lexington. � . A MAJOR EXHIBIT— "The Hand and the Eye,"Apri] —August,Museum of Our National Heritage,Lexington,Massachusetts. Between the stitches and tying were incocporated a few thimblefuls of gossip;and the memories,dreams and friendships of lonely rural life.The style and art of frontier life were personally interpreted by women using famiiiar themes: animal tracks, flying birds, log cabins,flower wreaths and Dresden plates. Simple geomet- ric forms of cloth were integrated into constellations of order,symmetry and harmony,forming the fabric of an embryonic nation. � (Quoted fi�om First Calendac.) . —Virginia Ross— LeXington.