Lexington Battle Green

Lexington Green
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
The Revolutionary Monument, 1799, on the western edge of the common
Location	Massachusetts Avenue and Harrington Road, Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates	42°26′58″N 71°13′53″W / 42.44944°N 71.23139°W / 42.44944; -71.23139
Built	1711
NRHP reference No.	66000767[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	January 20, 1961

The Lexington Battle Green, also known as Lexington Common, is the historic town common of Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. It was at this site that the opening shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord were fired on April 19, 1775, starting the American Revolutionary War. Now a public park, the common is a National Historic Landmark.