Boston: Lexington & Concord 250th Anniversary Tour & Museum

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Duration7h–8h

GroupUp to 14

PickupAt your hotel

Where the American Revolution Started: Lexington & Concord from Boston

You visit six major Revolutionary War sites across Cambridge, Lexington, and Concord in one day, including Battle Green, the Battle Road Trail, and the homes of Emerson and Alcott. Entry to the Concord Museum is included, as is bottled water. The tour is led by a local history expert and stays small enough that you can ask questions without holding up the group. Plan for a full day — this is not a quick hit-and-run.

7h–8h

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Lexington and Concord history

Pass by MIT and Harvard Square
See Harvard College and Cambridge Common
View Washington's Headquarters on Brattle Street
Visit Battle Green in Lexington
Tour Lexington battle diorama and museum
Walk the Battle Road Trail
Pass by Louisa May Alcott's homestead
Pass by Ralph Waldo Emerson's home
See British Red Coats' temporary headquarters
View British observation cemetery
Step on the historic bridge of the Shot Heard 'Round the World
Visit Concord Museum with included admission

The Experience

"The regulars are about," William Dawes shouted as he rode through Harvard Square on the night of April 18, 1775 — and that warning set everything in motion. This tour picks up that thread and follows it all the way to Concord, walking the exact ground where 77 Minutemen faced 700 British soldiers on the morning of April 19. You start in Cambridge at MIT and Harvard, then move to the Longfellow House on Brattle Street, where George Washington planned the Siege of Boston. It's the kind of detail most tours skip, but it matters when you're trying to understand how a colonial town became the spark for a revolution.

The heart of the day is Lexington and Concord itself. You'll stand at Battle Green, the oldest military burial site in America, and then walk sections of the Battle Road Trail — a five-mile path that's been completely renovated for 2025 and connects the major sites from Meriam's Corner in Concord back toward Lexington. The trail follows the original road where the fighting actually happened, and in some stretches it cuts through the same farming fields and forests the Minutemen ran through. The Lexington History Museum, brand new for the 250th Anniversary, has a battle diorama that shows you exactly what happened that morning. Then you move into Concord, where you see the homes of Louisa May Alcott and Ralph Waldo Emerson, the bridge where the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was fired, and the cemetery the British used to watch the Minutemen. It's a lot of ground, but the guide — a local history expert — doesn't rush it.

What sets this apart from a standard history walk is the Concord Museum admission included in the price. The collections span the Colonial Era through the Revolution, and they have Thoreau's desk, Longfellow's papers, Alcott's letters, and an entire room of artifacts from April 19, 1775. You're not just standing on the ground where it happened; you're holding the story in your hands. The tour runs the full day, and bottled water is included, so you're not stopping every hour to buy drinks. It's small-group, which means the guide can actually answer questions instead of herding thirty people through a script.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup from Boston, visits to MIT, Harvard, Cambridge Common, the Longfellow House, Lexington Battle Green, the new Lexington History Museum, sections of the Battle Road Trail, historic homes and cemetery in Concord, the Old North Bridge, and full admission to the Concord Museum. Bottled water is provided throughout the day.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by GreatBostonTours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the major Revolutionary War sites in one coherent narrative without arranging your own transport or museum tickets — the small-group format and local expert guide are what make the connections between places actually stick.