WOMEN'S VISIBILITY BANNERS - 1700s
Things are looking up for visibility of women in Lexington's historic center! The 2021 LexSeeHer Women's Visibility Banners were officially unveiled July 22, 2021 at 6:00 p.m [date change 21->22 due to weather]. All welcome! Banners are the brilliant work of Girl Scout Troop 66265. Troop members have worked on this project for over a year, learning about many women as well as the art of the silhouette. Honorees were inspired by Lexington Historical Society's exhibit Something Must Be Done: BOLD Women of Lexington and a community nomination process. More banners: 1800s, 1900s, 2000s.
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Anna (Munroe) Harrington (1740-1811), lived in Lexington on Harrington Road facing Lexington Green. The spinning match was held Aug. 31, 1769 at her home.
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Betty was 12 in 1775. She later wrote that "... Father, Mother, and I and the baby..." witnessed the burial of the eight men that died on Lexington Green on April 19, 1775.
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