IT'S TIME TO see women in Lexington, MA 
HELP BRING A MONUMENT TO WOMEN TO
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN LIBERTY

LexSeeHer makes Lexington women's contributions visible in significant, accessible, and important locations!  On July 25, 2022 the Lexington Select Board voted unanimously in support of our proposal to site the Something Is Being Done! monument designed by Meredith Bergmann in the Birthplace of the American Liberty. This will be the town's first monument to recognize women in the central historic district.

We invite you to join this exciting adventure as a volunteer, and as a financial supporter!

The monument celebrates women's economic, political, intellectual, social and cultural contributions. Lexington women have made contributions to the community and country across three centuries.

Meredith Bergmann's design invites an exploration of the concepts of “liberty” and “freedom.” What have these ideals meant for women from the 18th century to the present?

"Something Is Being Done!" Meredith Bergmann, Sketch 2022

From Celeste Freeman, LexSeeHer Advisory Board Member

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LexSeeHer advisor Celeste Freeman summed up her reaction to Meredith Bergmann’s concept this way: “‘And when I meet Thomas Jefferson, I’ma compel him to include women in the sequel!’ This musical line from Lin Manuel’s Hamilton has been reverberating in my mind when I think of how gates and gatekeepers are often used to keep people out both physically from spaces as well as the pages of what we think of as of known history. One of the exciting aspects of this project is that this gate is actually an invitation—an opening to everyone to visually see a more expansive view of what we think of as settled history. When I think of the role of generations of unsung women like my grandmothers who serve as both guardians and gatekeepers of history, I can’t think of a more meaningful and symbolic way to capture how our founding mothers have shaped our nation. I see it as a portal to the past, present, and future.”

MONUMENTAL SUPPORT!

Thank you to our community supporters:

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• Association of Black Citizens of Lexington

• D.A.R. Lexington Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution

• CAAL Chinese American Association of Lexington

• CALex 

• Chamber of Commerce (Lexington)

• Indian American Association of Lexington​

• KOLex - Korean-American Organization of Lexington 

• Lexington Arts and Crafts Society

• Lexington Field and Garden Club

• Lexington Historical Society​

• LexPride

• Lextinas

• Merriam Hill Association

• Lexington Minutemen

• New England Sculptors Association

• Pilgrim Church Council​

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The monument includes many untold stories about Lexington women since the town's incorporation in 1713. The monument's plaza is in the shape of a spinning wheel, and a central figure remembers the 45 Lexington "Ladies" who participated in the August 31, 1769 Spinning Match. This event was hosted by Anna Harrington, and was a practical and political event years before the famous Battle of Lexington.

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Learn more about the design and the women who inspired the monument.

"Spinning Tableau" Scene from the 2021 Spinning Protest Anniversary event held by LexSeeHer in partnership with Lexington Historical Society.

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