PARADES AND CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES

The Lexington Minute Men have conducted opening ceremonies for numerous events including the annual Cystic Fibrosis Road Race in Waltham, the New England Patriot's football team, and the New England Revolution soccer team. Last year the Minute Men participated in the tall ships event, Sail2000, in Boston. During 2000's Battlte Road weekend the Minute Men helped with the Rededication of the Battle Green. Here they are seen marching proudly past the meeting place of the original Lexington Minute Men, Buckman Tavern in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Led by Captain Loran Logan, the Company paraded on the flight deck of the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier as part of its participation in the Sail2000 Tall Ships activities. The Lexington Minute Men have marched in parades honoring cities and towns in the U.S. and Europe, as well as Inaugural Parades in Washington, D.C. for Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and William Jefferson Clinton.

The Lexington Minute Men have provided Honor Guard service for numerous dignitaries, including Queen Elizabeth. They have also served as Honor Guard for many Massachusetts Governors. In June of 2000 they performed a wreath-laying ceremony at The Tomb of the Unknowns, and a tree planting and marker dedication in memory of the first casualties of the American fight for Independence, in Arlington National Cemetery. In September of 2000 the Company traveled to Sister-City Antony, France for the dedication of a monument erected in honor of the original Lexington Minute Men. They also participated in a moving graveside ceremony for the Marquis de Lafayette in Paris.

Honoring two Revolutionary War members of the Lexington Minute Men, Captain Loran J. Logan presented memorial wreaths at the gravesite in Princeton, Massachusetts. Corporal Ebenezer Parker, and Thomas Parker moved to Princeton after the war, and are buried at the Parker Cemetery.