250 Day Countdown Community Kick Off Celebration!

Mark your Calendar for the 250 day countdown to Concord250!  Join us Sunday August 11th, 2024, at the Concord Museum to celebrate the Concord250 Community Kick Off!

250 days to the 250th celebration of the start of the American Revolution.

5:30 – 7:30 PM on Sunday, August 11

  • Enjoy free admission to the Concord Museum and see the original lantern from Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride.

  • Bring a picnic to eat on the Museum lawn or enjoy delicious food and drink from Northeast Smokehouse Food Truck and the Decanted Wine Truck.

  • Have family fun with music, cornhole, and face painting.

  • Make your own lantern and help us light the way to Concord’s kick-off of Concord250.

  • Join the march to Monument Square led by Fife and Drum for a special lightning ceremony & special guest speakers

Art for All will be hosting lantern making events (for all ages) this next month – July 31 at Fowler Library and August 7 at Main Library!

 

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Itineraries

Brewster's Woods Wildlife Sanctuary

Trails

Canoeing & Kayaking in Concord

Emerson Playground

Great Meadows

Literary

Revolutionary War

Walden Pond

The Old Manse

Ralph Waldo Emerson House

The Wayside

Orchard House

Old Hill Burial Ground

Concord Free Public Library

Old North Bridge

Minuteman National Park Visitor Center

Concord Museum

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