Lexington Battle Green

Lexington Green
The Revolutionary Monument, 1799, on the western edge of the common
LocationMassachusetts Avenue and Harrington Road, Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates42°26′58″N 71°13′53″W / 42.44944°N 71.23139°W / 42.44944; -71.23139
Built1711
NRHP reference No.66000767[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966
Designated NHLJanuary 20, 1961

The Lexington Battle Green, also known as Lexington Common, is the historic town common of Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. It was at this site that the opening shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord were fired on April 19, 1775, starting the American Revolutionary War. Now a public park, the common is a National Historic Landmark.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.