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Visit American Revolution Historic Sites in Concord, MA The Concord Museum, at 53 Cambridge Turnpike, has a collection of artifacts used on the day the American Revolution began: Muskets, powder horns, flints, and of course, one of the two lanterns that Paul Revere had placed in the steeple of Boston’s Old North Church to signal the patriots of the advance...
Take A Scenic Walk Through Concord’s Nature And History Walden Pond, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, North Bridge Walden Pond is on Walden St., about a mile and a half from ConcordCenter. Visitors can hike on several trails (wear sturdy, comfortable shoes or boots), swim at the public beach, and visit the spot where Thoreau lived and wrote from 1845-1847. Pick up...
5 Essential Places to Visit in Concord, MA Walden Pond, Orchard House, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Old North Bridge, Old Manse Walden Pond is on Walden St., about a mile and a half from Concord Center. Visitors can hike on several trails (wear sturdy, comfortable shoes or boots), swim at the public beach, and visit the spot where Thoreau lived and...
Visit The Homes of American Literary Pioneers in Concord, MA Orchard House, at 399 Lexington Rd., is where Louisa May Alcott wrote her classic novel, Little Women, inspired by her own growing up in Concord with her sisters. Guides in period dress take visitors through rooms of original furniture and personal possessions. The Wayside, at 455 Lexington Rd. was named...
Learn The Many Fantastic Stories of Concord, MA By Phil Lupsiewicz If you are like me, the word Concord has been a word that has always been part of your collective knowledge. I’m not sure when I first heard it, maybe in school learning about the events of April 19, 1775. Or It could have been the great works of...
A Spotlight on African-American History in Concord, MA The following is a history of Concord’s Robbins House. For more information see our Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) brochures and our website www.robbinshouse.org. The Robbins House, Inc.is both a nonprofit and an historic house inhabited by African descendants of slavery in Concord, Massachusetts, 1823-1870s. Our mission reveals early African...
