2025: 250th Anniversary Celebration of America's Birthday! Great Boston Tours offers America's most comprehensive tour of the sites in Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 that triggered the American Revolution. This 250th America's Birthday tour invites history lovers on a deep dive into the beginning stages of the American Revolution. Operated by a local American history expert, the day tour offers a level of information and attention to detail that simply cannot be experienced anywhere else in the Boston area. In 2025, to celebrate America 250, our nation's birthday, the National Park Service has embarked on a massive restoration and updating of key sites, exhibits and Battle Road. New for 2025 is admission to the Concord Museum. Get ready for a once in a lifetime experience!
With stops in Lexington, Concord, the Concord Museum and more, you'll experience the key moments of the events that changed the world forever.
Pickup included
Located adjacent to the greatest concentration of biotech and pharmaceutical firms in the world, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), is rated the one of the best universities anywhere. See the iconic dome and other amazing buildings on the way to Harvard Square.
America's oldest College from 1637. George Washington used the old dorms to garrison his officers during the Siege of Boston after the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Follow in the footsteps of William Dawes on his ride through Harvard Square to sound the alarm: "the regulars are about"! See Harvard College, America's oldest college (1637). The Common is where George Washington assumed command of the Continental Army under the Great Elm Tree.
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 5 minutes before departure time.
Your tour guide will pick you up in a bus with the Great Boston Tours logo. You MUST pick one of the 4 pickup spots. Please be ready to be picked up at the following times: Stop 1: 8:05 AM (1 Central Wharf) – New England Aquarium Stop 2: 8:25 AM (8 Park Plaza) – State Transportation Building Stop 3: 8:35 AM (138 Saint James Ave) – Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel Stop 4: 8:50 AM (39 Dalton Street) – Adjacent to the Sheraton and Hilton