Asteroid 35977, Lexington. was discovered on March 20, 1998 by Jana Ticha and Milos Tichy at Klet Observatory near Cesky Budojevice, Czech Republic. It has a period of 4 years, 98 days and is about 3 3/5 miles in diameter.
It was named for the city of Lexington, Massachusetts, where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought on April 19, 1775.
The meaning of asteroid Lexington seems to be "let the game begin."