Welcome to historic and modern Concord, MA
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Local links you’ll like
Train schedule between Concord and Boston
Our online newspaper plus more events and things to do in Concord.
Our “wicked local” media. Available partially online, full version printed every Thursday and available throughout town.
A fun, frequently updated blog about Concord
Other ways to look around
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Patriots’ Day
If you plan to be in Concord around the 19th of April, don’t miss Patriots’ Day! A celebration of Concord and Lexington’s history and their role in the American Revolution. Three days of parades, reenactments, cannons, fifes and drums. What more could you ask for?
Concord has some lovely places in which to while away the nighttime hours.
The Gatepost Tour of Town May/June 2011
Events we’ll either be going to, or really, really wish we could!
Writing the Civil War: Explore the dynamic relationship between America’s Civil War and 19th century American literature, with independent scholar, Rob Velella. Wed, May 25, 7pm – 8pm at The Wayside, Concord, Massachusetts. You can view Rob’s complete calendar of upcoming historic portrayals, guided tours and talks on The American Literary Blog.
“Welcome to Our Home” A Living History Tour at Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House. Saturday, May 28th and again on Saturday, June 25, 4:45 - 5:45 p.m.
Your visit to Orchard House becomes a trip to the past as you have an interactive tour with an expert, authentically costumed guide portraying an Alcott family member or one of their famous friends. Hear fascinating anecdotes and learn first-hand about their lives and times.
Meet Henry David Thoreau: A Performance by Richard Smith
Thursday, May 12, 7:00 pm at the Medford Public Library. Spend an evening with Henry David Thoreau as he talks about his life, and reads from his book A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Thoreau’s river journey is highlighted in our Community Read selection, Five Thousand Days Like This One.
Richard Smith has been involved in Living History for almost twenty years. For ten years he has studied the life of Henry Thoreau and since moving to Concord, Massachusetts in 1999 has successfully performed as Thoreau throughout New England at many schools, libraries, and historical societies.
“Henry Works” at Thoreau Farm Trust, Sunday, June 27 at 1:00 pm: Children's author/illustrator D. B. Johnson brings his drawing pad and picture books to Thoreau Farm for a reading of "Henry's Night." Mr. Johnson will demonstrate how to draw Henry, the adventuresome bear who embarks on a moonlit walk in search of a whippoorwill. The program, for ages 4-9, will conclude with a book signing of all five books in the Henry series including "Henry Hikes to Fitchburg," "Henry Builds a Cabin," "Henry Climbs a Mountain," and "Henry Works."
Visit the Thoreau Farm Trust news and events page to see what else they have planned for June. Great stuff!
When Duty Whispers: Concord and the Civil War at the Concord Museum through September 18th. When Duty Whispers features objects from the Concord Museum collection—some never before exhibited—including uniforms, accoutrements, arms, swords, flags, broadsides, portraits, correspondence and newspapers. The exhibition also brings together selections from the remarkable collections of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library; an extraordinary group of Gettysburg relics from the Carlisle Historical Society; a charcoal study for the monumental painting “Memories of Antietam” by Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts from the Concord Art Association; and representative examples from a private collection of Springfield arms.
Also, in June from the Concord Museum, a Garden Tour and a Bike Tour of Civil War Concord! Read more about their special events.
Join The Old Manse for their annual Musketaquid Summer Solstice celebration. The evening begins June 21st at 6:30PM with a picnic on the Manse grounds. You can also take landscape, canoe and special twilight tours of the Old Manse itself. Enjoy outside musical performances, and at 8 pm, launch your own canoe, rowboat, or kayak for an illuminated flotilla up the Concord River to the confluence of the Assabet and Sudbury Rivers at Egg Rock. Bring along a candle lantern that you can attach to your boat.
