Lexington Battle Green in video games
Where the American Revolution began in Assassin's Creed III, and where raiders roam in Fallout 4. Lexington Battle Green appears in 2 games on Pixel Pilgrimage: Assassin's Creed III and Fallout 4.
In real lifeThe games
In gameAssassin's Creed III2012LexingtonReal place, reimaginedThe village green where colonial militia face British regulars at dawn on 19 April 1775.Game vs real photo
In gameFallout 42015LexingtonReal place, reimaginedA ruined town overrun by raiders and feral ghouls.Game vs real photo
The real place
The first shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired here. The Minuteman statue on the green faces the road the British came along.
Visiting
Lexington is about 20 km from Boston. Each April, on Patriots' Day, the battle is re-enacted on the green at dawn.