Are you hosting family and friends for the 250th? Would you like to impress them with what you know about Concord's history? If you want to update the stories you know and learn new ones, you will want to attend this talk. Public historian Beth van Duzer has updated and expanded some well-known stories using primary sources, such as John Jack's, enslaved to a Concord shoemaker Benjamin Barron, able to purchase his freedom, and buried in Concord's Old Hill Burial Ground. Additionally, new stories have emerged that enrich Concord's history, including the tale of an Indigenous boy who lived in Concord in the late 1700s, women who were compensated by the Town of Concord whose husbands served as soldiers during the Revolutionary War, and the expanded story of an enslaved woman who later lived as a free person in Concord. Beth van Duzer is an independent historian in Concord, MA. She earned a bachelor's degree in English from Montclair State University and a master's degree in History, focused on Public History, from Southern New Hampshire University. Beth is the co-chair and clerk of the Concord250 History & Education Subcommittee and is the owner of Concord Walking Tours, a history research and tour company.