Battle of Red Horse Tavern

Come to the historic Wayside Inn on October 25, 2025 for an experience like never before. Start the day by listening to colonial music, talking with reenactors, visiting sutlers, observing cannon firing demonstrations and more. Then watch as the Colonial and British armies battle for control of the Red Horse Tavern.

Eighteenth century taverns were important in the Colonies as a place to hear the news and other current events, engage in commerce, conduct militia drills and provide respite for weary travelers. The Red Horse Tavern, sitting along the Boston Post Road, the major east-west route to and from Boston and New York, was crucial in that anyone or anything travelling into or out of Boston to/from the west would have to pass by its door.

Program of the Day (11:00 am - 4:00 pm)
8:00 am
Reenactor registration begins
12:00 noon - 1:15 pm
Nooning
1:00 pm
Cannon Demonstration
1:30 pm
Formation
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm
Engagement #1 – South Field
3:00 pm
Formation
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Engagement #2 – South Field

This event is free and open to the public.

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• Next Friday, 24th October, 07:00 pm, Jerusha's Halloween Ball in Sudbury
• This month, 30th October, 05:00 pm, Author Talk with Hannah Carlson in Sudbury
• Next month, 6th November, 05:00 pm, Author Talk with Julie Dobrow in Sudbury