The fall issue is here! Dive in and discover five definitive battles of the American Revolution that took place in the fall of 1775, how Concord's minutemen of 1861 responded to the Civil War, "Henry David Thoreau and the Crackbrained Troublemaker," where to find the best cider donuts, and so much more.
In 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne and his family returned to Concord after living abroad for seven years. Now, back in the home they called The Wayside, the Hawthornes would rejoin their circle of literary friends.
After the Battle of Bunker Hill, British officials in Boston decided that several coastal towns to the north—including Salem, Beverly, Ipswich, Newburyport, and Gloucester—likely served as supply hubs for the American forces surrounding the city. As a result, these towns became important targets for British naval attacks and landings.
