# Captain John Parker

The commander of the Lexington militia on the green.

Character · Fictionalized · Established

Stable ID: `lantern-run-captain-john-parker` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Revere’s Ride: Lantern Run](/field-guide/collections/lantern-run/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/lantern-run-captain-john-parker/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/lantern-run-captain-john-parker/record.json)

## Appearances

- [Riders and people](/gamelab/lantern-run/people.html) (context: [Revere’s Ride: Lantern Run](/field-guide/collections/lantern-run/))

- [Locations](/gamelab/lantern-run/locations.html): Named in this published page.

## Sources

- [Riders and people](/gamelab/lantern-run/people.html) (revision sha256:1b0e97a9a53cf52f8034c60d9480dc32e21cb90626918d14285172de7d04c445)

## Portrait

![Proposed illustration of Captain John Parker.](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-generated-lantern-run-captain-john-parker-v1-1200.webp)

Proposed portrait for Lantern Run. Clothing and facial details are illustrative, not a historical likeness.

[Download original](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-generated-lantern-run-captain-john-parker-v1-1200.webp) · [Riders and people](/gamelab/lantern-run/people.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `be18dd51814d50cbc8f05f63f884c6c09ab638f3e9f69b2330cfcc6a758c013b`