The Old Burying Ground

Project Info

Project Description

The gravestones on this site, dating from 1690, are the oldest in Lexington. Burials here include many Revolutionary and Civil war soldiers and veterans, including a British soldier wounded on the British retreat from Concord on April 19, 1775 who died three days later in Buckman Tavern.

Location:
The Old Burying Ground is located off Massachusetts Avenue, west of the Lexington Battle Green. Walk in from Harrington Road at the stone marker next to the church.