Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution with art that expresses revolutionary spirit and reveals the unexpected - including old photos of Concord. ArtScape announces The Revolutionary Show. All ages welcome from 6 – 106! How to submit: Bring art, ready to hang, to ArtScape, 43 Bradford St., 2nd floor Friday, April 4 –...
Join us for the book launch of the Concord Museum’s publication Eyewitness to Revolution: The American Revolution Collection at the Concord Museum. Written by David Wood, the book tells the story of the Revolution through the Museum’s unparalleled collection of objects related to the early days of the American Revolution. David will be joined in conversation...
Join us for the book launch of the Concord Museum’s publication Eyewitness to Revolution: The American Revolution Collection at the Concord Museum. Written by David Wood, the book tells the story of the Revolution through the Museum’s unparalleled collection of objects related to the early days of the American Revolution. David will be joined in...
April 1st - April 30th Location: The Concord Free Public Library Visit anytime! Throughout the month of April, visit the Concord Free Public Library and enjoy the Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History (Barefoot Books) StoryWalk™. Learn about 25 movements towards positive change that helped shape our country, while standing in the heart of...
People are coming.... Are you ready? Join us April 1 and learn all about the Concord250 Celebration- including transportation, road closures, the Ambassador program, parade route, exciting line up of events and more. Get your questions answered & get the scoop on the 250th! Tuesday, April 1 6-7:30pm Goodwin Forum The Concord Free Public Library...
Jim Sherblom's new book Concord Stories includes indigenous people, white settlers, slave traders, immigrants, and revolutionaries. In this lecture, you will discover their stories and be invited to explore your own story. Author Jim Sherblom is a transcendentalist, amateur historian, retired Unitarian Universalist minister, and resident of Concord. Reception to follow the lecture at the...
As April 19 gets closer, we're excited to announce Concord Gets Ready - an initiative to decorate the town! Submit a photo of your decorated porch, door, or mailbox & be entered in a raffle to win a pack of gorgeous goodies donated by local merchants. We'll be posting ideas, hosting workshops, and making DIY kits...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 6-7:45pm: Harvesting the Spirit of Transcendentalism in Education Today. Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders. — Henry David Thoreau...
Join us on Thursday April 3rd at 5:30pm for the opening reception of our upcoming exhibition, " Liberation Textiles: Our Social Fabric, " curated by Elizabeth Thach and Camilø Álvårez. The show is centered around themes of individual freedom and primarily features fiber-based visual art. Programming for the exhibition also includes a Curators Tour on Thursday April...
As April 19 gets closer, we’re excited to announce Concord Gets Ready – an initiative to decorate the town! Submit a photo of your decorated porch, door, or mailbox & be entered in a raffle to win a pack of gorgeous goodies donated by local merchants. We’ll be posting ideas, hosting workshops, and making DIY kits...
Join us on Thursday April 3rd at 5:30pm for the opening reception of our upcoming exhibition, "Liberation Textiles: Our Social Fabric," curated by Elizabeth Thach and Camilø Álvårez. The show is centered around themes of individual freedom and primarily features fiber-based visual art. Programming for the exhibition also includes a Curators Tour on Thursday April...
April 5, 2025 afternoon Professor Michael Halltem :Concord and the Memory of the American Revolution Info to follow
The exhibition features selections from the William Munroe Special Collections and the Town Archives, including art, photographs, broadsides, Town records, and ephemera that explore how Concordians have celebrated the anniversary of the Battle of Concord, or the "Concord Fight," on April 19, 1775. Learn how celebrations have combined public interest and trends with historical commemoration...
As April 19 gets closer, we’re excited to announce Concord Gets Ready – an initiative to decorate the town! Submit a photo of your decorated porch, door, or mailbox & be entered in a raffle to win a pack of gorgeous goodies donated by local merchants. We’ll be posting ideas, hosting workshops, and making DIY kits...
Saturdays, 1:30pm Tours March 22, 2025 - June 30, 2025 Between twenty and forty colonists who fought along the Battle Road on April 19, 1775, were of African descent or Indigenous people. Although excluded from required militia service prior to the war, these individuals of color were the first of many to take up arms...
Goodwin ForumMain Library129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742 Michael D. Hattem, Historian of the American Revolution and Historical Memory, will speak about the importance of the memory of the Revolution, specifically on how events in Concord have been perceived nationally. Bio: Michael D. Hattem is a historian of the American Revolution and popular memory. He is...
As part of the town-wide celebrations for Concord250, we invite you to a new edition of “True Stories Told Live.” Join us for another fabulous evening of storytelling and community! This time, it will be a night of stories about freedom… This event will take place at Concord Art, 37 Lexington Road. Buy your tickets...
April 10 – April 11 What challenges did New England society face in 1775, and how did they impact the outbreak of fighting in Concord and Lexington? The Concord Museum, the David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society, and the Massachusetts Historical Society invite you to a conference on April 10-11, 2025...
What challenges did New England society face in 1775, and how did they impact the outbreak of fighting in Concord and Lexington? The Concord Museum, the David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society, and the Massachusetts Historical Society invite you to a conference on April 10-11, 2025 on the theme “1775”....
As April 19 gets closer, we’re excited to announce Concord Gets Ready – an initiative to decorate the town! Submit a photo of your decorated porch, door, or mailbox & be entered in a raffle to win a pack of gorgeous goodies donated by local merchants. We’ll be posting ideas, hosting workshops, and making DIY kits...
Concord Band Performs Revolutionary Music The Concord Band will present its spirited Spring Pops! concert on Friday, April 11, 2025, at 51 Walden Performing Arts Center. The program commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord as part of Concord250 festivities this year throughout the town of Concord. The concert features two compositions specially commissioned to...
Guided tours of the Wright Tavern are happening on the hour, just come in to buy your ticket Tickets are $12.00 for adults, $10.00 for Seniors and Students, children 10 and under are free Come in, learn the stories and experience the space of this iconic, historic building
Nathan Meriam House April 12, 2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Visit the Nathan Meriam witness house and talk with costumed park staff about the Meriam family and the importance of the crossroad near their home on April 19, 1775. In the early afternoon of that fateful day, Militia soldiers arriving from Reading, Chelmsford, and Billerica attacked...
The Concord Independent Battery and Concord250 Community Participation Committee invite you to join us as we celebrate the arrival of our new American flag, size 15' x 25'.
Saturday, April 12 - Beer Garden Celebration and Wright Tavern Tours From 11:00 - 7:00 Food and beverages will be sold at the Beer Garden; tables will be out for resting and enjoying the day Tours in the Wright Tavern are happening on the hour; reservations are recommended Tickets are $10.00; children 10 or under...
Colonel James Barrett House Sunday, April 13, 2025 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm On April 19th, 1775 a contingent of about 120, British Soldiers marched over the North Bridge to Barrett’s farm in search of military arms and supplies. During this open house program explore the interior of this 319 year old home, talk with park staff...
This lecture by well-known historian Robert J. Allison, Chair of Rev250 for Massachusetts, will occur in the Wright Tavern. Allison teaches American history at Suffolk University. He will discuss the road that the resistance took to become a revolution in the days after the Battle of Concord on April 19, 1775. Seating is limited. Advanced...
April 13, 6:00-7:30 PM: Join us in celebrating the 3rd Annual Ellen Garrison Day at Tricon Church in Concord. The evening will be filled with musical performances and dramatic readings as we honor the life and legacy of Civil Rights Activist Ellen Garrison. The Concord-Carlisle High School Orchestra will perform! Free and open to the...
Spring 2025 - Fall 2025 "Weaving an Address" The exhibition is planned for The Brister Hill Loop, part of the forest named for Brister Freeman, an enslaved man who won his freedom by serving in the Revolutionary War and then bought property in Walden Woods and lived there along with other formerly enslaved. This area...
Exhibition: April 14 - June 14, 2025 Opening Reception April 14, 6PM The Umbrella Arts Center in historic Concord Center will commemorate the semiquincentennial of the American Revolution and “the shot heard round the world” with an ambitious outdoor/indoor public and gallery art exhibition, Weaving an Address, curated by artist Marla McLeod. For...
The Willard family has close ties to Concord and that historical day. Simon Willard was one of the founders of Concord in 1635. Isaac Davis, the first officer killed in the American Revolution on that day and the person the Minuteman Statue was designed after, was a descendant of Margery Willard and Dolar Davis, who...
The documentary reveals a long-suppressed secret, set in Concord, Massachusetts—the birthplace of the American Revolution, where the first shots were fired on April 19, 1775. While Concord is often celebrated for its role in the fight for freedom, few are aware of the untold stories that extend beyond its borders. The film also explores hidden...
Join Discovery Museum as we celebrate Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday. Born on April 15, 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was an inventor, artist, engineer, and mathematician who spent his lifetime following his curiosity and exploring a wide variety of interests. Be inspired by da Vinci’s passion for flight as you build paper helicopters at our Wind...
Join Discovery Museum as we celebrate Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday. Born on April 15, 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was an inventor, artist, engineer, and mathematician who spent his lifetime following his curiosity and exploring a wide variety of interests. Be inspired by da Vinci’s passion for flight as you build paper helicopters at our Wind...
A first-day-of-issue ceremony for Battlefields of the American Revolution, new Forever stamps to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolutionary War.The event is free and open to the public. News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #BattlefieldsStamps. Who: Judy de Torok, corporate affairs vice president, U.S. Postal Service, will...
Join Discovery Museum as we celebrate Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday. Born on April 15, 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was an inventor, artist, engineer, and mathematician who spent his lifetime following his curiosity and exploring a wide variety of interests. Be inspired by da Vinci’s passion for flight as you build paper helicopters at our Wind...
Documentarian Ken Burns will visit Concord on April 17 to discuss his new film, "The American Revolution," timed to the start of the War of Independence on April 19, 1775. Burns will be joined by co-directors Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt and historian Rick Atkinson, author of "The British Are Coming," from 7 to 8:30...
Join friends and neighbors in this one of a kind collective choral event! Led and arranged by beloved NYC music leader Kenter Davies (who grew up in Sudbury!), we’ll explore harmony, free our voices, and build community through the song “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong. There’s no auditions, no experience necessary, and no...
Food and beverages will be sold at the Beer Garden; tables will be out for resting and enjoying the day Tours in the Wright Tavern are happening on the hour; reservations are recommended Tickets are $10.00; children 10 or under are free Come in, learn the stories and experience the space of this iconic, historic...
Built in 1747, the Wright Tavern is a very iconic and historic building in the founding of the United States. This is the site where leaders of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress met and developed the course for freeing the Colony from British tyranny. Early in the morning of April 19, 1775, this is where the...
ArtScape announces The Revolutionary Show. Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution with art that expresses revolutionary spirit and reveals the unexpected - including old photos of Concord. April 10–May 16th ArtScape, Main Gallery, 43 Bradford Street, Concord
Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution with art that expresses revolutionary spirit and reveals the unexpected – including old photos of Concord.
April 19, 2025 * Events happening across Minute Man NHP This is the signature living history event at Minute Man National Historical Park, featuring hundreds of volunteer reenactors. Throughout the day learn about the events of April 19, 1775 from many points of view. Enjoy a full schedule of living history programs and demonstrations, including...
250th Block Party Timeline ALL DAY EVENTS 9:00 AM – 7:45 PM Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Turnpike Community Day at the Concord Museum, see the original lantern from Paul Revere's midnight ride, free access to the new special exhibition Whose Revolution, a family-friendly encampment of living history, an outdoor concert, food and beverage trucks, and...
APRIL 19 PATRIOTS' DAY: 6:00AM: DAWN SALUTE (Muster at Buttrick Hillside at 5:45am, 6am Dawn Salute) 8:30AM: PARADE BEGINS 9:30AM: OLD NORTH BRIDGE CEREMONY MID-DAY: PARADE ENDS 1-7:30PM: BLOCK PARTY CONCORD MUSEUM: Free admission all day MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK events happening all day 7:30-8:45PM: CONCORD250 "PATRIOTS LIGHT, including DRONE SHOW at 8:15PM at...
Celebrate Patriots’ Day at the Concord Museum On April 19, 2025, the Concord Museum will host a special Community Day inviting the public to mark the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution. As a steward of the largest collection of objects that witnessed the day the “shot heard round the world” set...
Built in 1747, the Wright Tavern is a very iconic and historic building in the founding of the United States. This is the site where leaders of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress met and developed the course for freeing the Colony from British tyranny. Early in the morning of April 19, 1775, this is where the...
Join National Park Rangers for an immersive 5-mile guided Battle Road trail hike to Fiske Hill and follow in the footsteps of the ill-fated British column during the Concord expedition. This experiential program will bring the stories of the battle road to life through guided interpretation and immersive Living History elements. Learn about the trials...
Commemorate Patriots' Day with a National Park Service program marking the "shot heard round the world." Check back soon for more 2025 details. This event is co-sponsored by Friends of Minute Man National Park
Step back to 1784 and spend time with Martha Washington as she completes dressing for her day in this interactive living history program. During your time together, Mrs. Washington will share news of her family, and how her husband’s role in current events impacts her family and her developing nation.
Meet a real-life silversmith who will be demonstrating his craft and exploring history’s most famous patriot silversmith, Paul Revere! Free with Museum Admission. Members visit free. Drop-in throughout the day.
Join us for a family-friendly event in the colorful Barefoot Books Community Space! Enjoy a story time of our brand new book Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History (Barefoot Books) with author Rachel Katz at 10:30am. Following the storytime, help us add to our community art project and tell us: “What Do You Stand...
How does a globally focused children’s publisher celebrate America’s 250th anniversary while also acknowledging the complex history of the nation? Join us for nibbles, wine, and a panel discussion with Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History (Barefoot Books) author Rachel Katz and Barefoot Books CEO and Co-Founder Nancy Traversy on the story behind Rise...
Free with Museum Admission. Members visit free. Drop-in throughout the day.
For 16 years, we have hosted this incredible event with friends from our watershed, aiming to unite the community around local environmental issues, inspire advocacy, and provide opportunities for local involvement from people like YOU. This year’s award-winning films are brought to you from the nation’s largest environmental film festival. The films, celebrating the theme...
How does a globally focused children’s publisher celebrate America’s 250th anniversary while also acknowledging the complex history of the nation? Join us for nibbles, wine, and a panel discussion with Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History (Barefoot Books) author Rachel Katz and Barefoot Books CEO and Co-Founder Nancy Traversy on the story behind Rise...
Elizabeth James-Perry, Aquinnah Wampanoag Culture Bearer and Artist, joins us for a conversation on the experiences of Native communities in the Massachusetts area during the American Revolution. As part of the new special exhibition Whose Revolution Elizabeth James-Perry created a Wampum choker that represents the kind of object an eighteenth-century Wampanoag soldier from eastern Massachusetts,...
Based on the beloved film that took home the Audience Award at The Sundance Film Festival, The Umbrella Stage Company’s The Spitfire Grill follows the journey of Percy Talbott, a spirited young woman who perseveres through personal hardship, violence and incarceration to seek redemption in rural Wisconsin. But in the small town of Gilead, she...
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 this? The Workshop is collaborating with local artist and author Dr. Linda Booth Sweeney to reimagine and reproduce a scale model of Daniel Chester French's iconic statue...
Saturdays, 1:30pm Tours March 22, 2025 - June 30, 2025 Between twenty and forty colonists who fought along the Battle Road on April 19, 1775, were of African descent or Indigenous people. Although excluded from required militia service prior to the war, these individuals of color were the first of many to take up arms...
Join us for a special event marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution at the 250th Midnight Ride Celebration. Enjoy an unforgettable night of festive food, entertainment, and dancing as we mark this historic milestone in style and honor Churchill and Janet Franklin. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Museum’s educational programs, helping...
Southern Rail will deliver their high-energy performance, riveting harmonies, irrepressible humor, and sparkling banjo, mandolin, and guitar solo work, promising an unforgettable night of bluegrass music. The band features CCM faculty member Rich Stillman on banjo and harmony vocals, Jim Muller on guitar and lead vocals, Sharon Horovitch on acoustic bass and harmony vocals, and...
Dance Prism Ballet presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s shimmering fantasy of fairies and foolish mortals, coming to theaters for two performances only. J. Everett Collins Center, Andover | April 25th at 2:30 The Performing Arts Center in Littleton | April 26th at 2:30 Dance Prism’s production is a magical mix of fairy fun and silly adventures! Watch...
Awake, Rise, Act: Contemporary Broadsides An exhibition of Fine Art prints made to resemble 18th century broadsides created for the semiquincentennial celebration of Concord Massachusetts. They are on view at the Wright Tavern, an historic building that played a role in the founding of the United States and the place where the Provincial Congress was...
Naturalization Ceremony at Old North Bridge National Park Service and US Citizenship and Immigration Event. Details to be announced.
The Concord Players presents Urinetown the Musical...a slightly different type of Revolution! It's a dark time in a dark city, where a 20-year drought has led to severe water restrictions — including a ban on private toilets. Fee-based public toilets are controlled by the evil Urine Good Company, which is gleefully gouging huge profits off...
Bessie’s Closet is a free pop-up clothing store open to all. Supported by donations from the community, Bessie’s Closet offers new or gently-used clothing and shoes for both children and adults. Anyone who may benefit is welcome to visit Bessie’s Closet. Museum admission is not required, but also not included. All items are available free...
Join us with free admission and explore the Museum and Discovery Woods on the first Friday night of every month during the school year, October through June! Discovery Woods will close at dusk. We will gratefully accept non-perishable food donations for Open Table and the Acton Food Pantry. First Friday Nights Free are generously sponsored...
Attend the 23rd Annual Lexington Tattoo and Muster Free outdoor evening performance of fife and drum music at the scene of the first skirmish in the Revolutionary War. Hosted by the William Diamond Junior Fife & Drum Corps of Lexington and featuring four other corps.
Concord250 Theme runs throughout! See the iconic Concord250 lantern on the Umbrella lawn, Discover the Battle Road Commemorative issue will be available for purchase, a Brister Freeman Concord250 trading card giveaway will be happening and a Barefoot Books "Rise Up" storywalk! Annual Open Studios and Ceramics Studio Sale at the newly renovated Umbrella Arts Center...
The Concord Players presents Urinetown the Musical...a slightly different type of Revolution! It's a dark time in a dark city, where a 20-year drought has led to severe water restrictions — including a ban on private toilets. Fee-based public toilets are controlled by the evil Urine Good Company, which is gleefully gouging huge profits off...
The Sudbury-Assabet-Concord (SuAsCo) Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council hosts University of Connecticut Professor Robert Thorson and a special presentation on the history of our rivers as part of Concord250. A frequent and engaging speaker in Concord, Dr. Thorson is a Midwestern native, turned Northwestern geologist, turned Northeastern academic. He is a life member of...
Bessie’s Closet is a free pop-up clothing store open to all. Supported by donations from the community, Bessie’s Closet offers new or gently-used clothing and shoes for both children and adults. Anyone who may benefit is welcome to visit Bessie’s Closet. Museum admission is not required, but also not included. All items are available free...
Free outdoor afternoon of music, history and entertainment by two dozen fife and drum corps representing different eras including the Revolution, hosted by the William Diamond Junior Fife & Drum Corps of Lexington. Begins with a 250th anniversary ceremony on the Lexington Battle Green (1624 Massachusetts Ave.) honoring the 7 Lexington patriots who fell on...
Wednesday, March 26—Thursday, July 31 Goodwin Forum, Main Library The William Munroe Special Collections is excited to announce the temporary installation of a stunning work of art by Andy Warhol, on loan from the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon. In honor of the Concord250 celebrations, Warhol’s original silkscreen of a Bald Eagle...
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, the Concord Museum is proud to share the new special exhibition, Whose Revolution. Opening March 28, Whose Revolution offers a fresh, inclusive perspective on this pivotal moment in American history, centering the experiences of women, Indigenous communities, and free and enslaved Black people who grappled with...
Bessie’s Closet is a free pop-up clothing store open to all. Supported by donations from the community, Bessie’s Closet offers new or gently-used clothing and shoes for both children and adults. Anyone who may benefit is welcome to visit Bessie’s Closet. Museum admission is not required, but also not included. All items are available free...
Celebrate the kickoff of OARS' new initiatives with our first-ever paddle race on the Concord River! There will be a 3-mile short course, a 6-mile long course and a kid's race. Prizes will be available!
Celebrate the kickoff of OARS' new initiatives with our first-ever paddle race on the Concord River! There will be a 3-mile short course, a 6-mile long course and a kid's race. Prizes will be available!
