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Things To Do: Headquarters of the Minutemen
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  • Written by Pawtuxet on May 31, 2007
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  • The Buckman Tavern was built c. 1709 and served as the headquarters of the Lexington Minutement. It is open daily for tours which are given every half hour. It's a stunning building...with absolutely fabulous grounds. People treat it all as their own park...leisurely enjoying the lush green carpet of grass. Lovers, bicyclists, parents and kids all share the space with equal joy. Unfortunately we arrived late in the day so everything was closed...but we'll be back! We were so impressed with the quality of the care given to the building as well as the park like grounds.

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    Things To Do: Visitors Center
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  • Written by Pawtuxet on May 31, 2007
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  • Beautifully set in the shade of some enormous old trees, the visitors center would be a lovely place to begin touring Lexington...and not a bad spot to take a break or have a picnic lunch outside.

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    Things To Do: Shop, rest, coffee??
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  • Updated by Pawtuxet on Mar 31, 2009
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  • Interesting business district with lots of boutiques, cafes, restaurants, and sidewalks designed to accomodate the pedestrian shopper. Bricks, trees, benches and tastefully done signage combine to make the commercial strip a pleasant place to drive, walk or bicycle through.
    My town has just gotten brick sidewalks and "bump outs" at cross walks. It certainly dresses up the streetscape and defines pedestrian walkways. I find that cross walks are more obvious and safer as a result.

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    Things To Do: Interesting memorials
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  • Written by Pawtuxet on May 31, 2007
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  • It was Memorial Day and my husband is a career Navy man, so of course we spent time reading the memorial placques. There was a section beside the visitors' center which had an interesting collection of memorials. They were basically dedicated to every Navy ship ever named for the town of Lexington. They told the story of each of the ships and the years of service. Important battles, men who served on them, whether or not they survived battle. Interesting to think of how many times the name has been used.

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    Things To Do: Historic Preservation Commission at work
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  • I didn't have to be told we were in a National Historic District to know that the people who constructed this Dunkin Donuts definately had to go before the historic commission when they built this donut shop. Just goes to show you that not every chain food store has to be so irritably ill designed as most of them are. Whoops! My prejudices are poking out again. Too many years of struggling to preserve our village, I guess.

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    Things To Do: early American spires
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  • Written by Pawtuxet on May 31, 2007
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  • These chalk white church spires always look beautiful in small New England towns. Their simplicity is classic. I like to visit the interiors whenever I can. Unfortunately we were passing thru late in the day and had to promise to return when everyones' doors are open.

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    Things To Do: Bicyclists' acknowledged
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  • Bike path passes thru the park, but is screened by greens. When bicyclists and pedestrians enter a crosswalk....the traffic STOPS. Sometimes we have issues with this sort of thing where I live. The day we were in Lexington it was a quiet afternoon and everyone was moving pretty slowly...with plenty of consideration for cyclists...which is refreshing.

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    Things To Do: Patriotic grounds
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  • The flag pole at the grounds where the patriots assembled is awesome. Everything looked so great in the late day sunshine. The grass is like a carpet and there were folks lingering...enjoying the remainder of a long holiday weekend. We envied the town square or green area which anchors the town and its history. Massachusetts and Connecticut both have lots of these town squares, however Rhode Island didn't develop in the same style. Our towns are all very linear in comparison. Just an observation.....

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    Comments for Pawtuxet about Lexington
    VeronicaG Mon Mar 30, 2009 23:29 UTC
     Buckman's Tavern must have seen a thing or two through the years--nice to learn about this quaint, historic town. Glad you're up and running again, Janet....
    kenHuocj Thu Jul 5, 2007 04:04 UTC
     wonder if the 20 Lexingtons without filters were named after this New England town ? ;-)))
    Jenniflower Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:44 UTC
     Thoroughly enjoyable as usual Janet :)
    cadzand Sun Jun 10, 2007 20:54 UTC
     Haha ! Big deal ! And who comes first ? I'll be back to you later on.
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