Why is Concord a literary mecca?
Home To Iconic American Authors, Poets, and Philosophers By Victor Curran Readers from all over the world come to Concord to visit the places where Alcott, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Emerson…
Meet the tour guide! Bonnie Beaudet
It’s not easy being a tour guide especially in Concord. The first bar to cross is the licensing, which requires an eight-week training on interpreting town history as well as...
2025 Concord Patriots Day Parade Application now open
Greetings from the Concord250 Parade Committee, We are excited to inform you that the application for participation in the 2025 Patriots Day Parade in Concord, MA is now live! This…
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery among the ‘World’s Greatest Cemeteries’
Some might call them tombstone tourists, grave hunters or even taphophiles. That’s someone who has a passion for cemeteries and all things related: epitaphs, gravestone rubbing, photography, art, and famous…
Concord 250: Monumental (Re)Make
Concord 250: Monumental (Re)Make Celebrate the 250th birthday of the battles of Concord and Lexington by helping us recreate Daniel Chester French’s iconic statue The Minute Man through collaborative 3D printing! What is...
Concord Veterans’ Day Events
Mark your calendars! Veteran’s Day is just around the corner and there is a great line up of Concord events to honor our Veterans. Join us Saturday, November 9, 1PM...
Shot Heard Round the World: Watch the April 19, 1775 Timeline
Watch the Concord Museum’s slideshow of the April 19th timeline here. This interactive timeline presents the story of April 19, 1775, the day that the “shot heard round the world”...
Concord’s Haunted History
Happy Halloween! To celebrate this spooktacular holiday filled with ghouls, ghosts, witches, and yummy candy, let’s take a look at Concord’s haunted history. Is Concord’s Haunted Colonial Inn Haunted? While...
CONCORD250 Trees
Project Description As we consider appropriate ways of commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Concord and Lexington, we have an opportunity to pause and look not only back,...
New Concord Mural Map at the Concord Visitor Center
Visit the new Mural Map at the Concord Visitor Center! Steve Bermundo of 2busylooking@myself is the artist behind this beautiful addition to Concord. Thank you to Steve Bermundo, to Billy...
