‘SNL’ alum, Lexington native Rachel Dratch hosts town’s Patriots’ Day Award Ceremony
A night of humor and history ahead of Saturday s th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution Thursday night Lexington native and Saturday Night Live alum Rachel Dratch hosted the town s Patriots Day Award Ceremony I didn t know I was going to be flanked by these soldiers here revealed Dratch I m just getting into the spirit of Famous faces are nothing new to commemorate the conflict that changed the discipline of American history years ago in President Gerald Ford visited Lexington for the bicentennial celebration Something Dratch remembers Here I am literally announced Dratch about an image of her There s a picture of me because I marched in the parade The awards ceremony is one of several events that took place Thursday evening At Concord-Carlisle High School renowned documentarian Ken Burns discussed his new film The American Revolution In Concord a multitude of raised their voices at a society music event to mark the historic milestone Friday night Paul Revere will ride from Boston to Lexington warning people of the British troops And on Saturday the famous battles of Lexington and Concord will be re-enacted Hundreds of minutemen with muskets will play out the shot heard round the world
