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Celebrate Captain Parker's 295th Birthday

7/13/24 11:00 am EDT

United States

Celebrate Capt. Parker's 295th birthday on the Battle Green in Lexington. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy music, activities, food trucks, and birthday cake!

A Walk in Thoreau's Concord

7/13/24

United States

Contact: Concord Museum

Join the Concord Museum for this unique tour and explore the homes in Concord where Thoreau lived.

83rd Annual Gathering of the Thoreau Society

7/10/24 to 7/14/24 6:00 pm

United States

Join the 83rd Annual Gathering of the Thoreau Society.

Experience Riverfest 2024

7/6/24 to 7/28/24

United States

This three-week celebration of the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers has something for everyone.

Frederick Douglass speech

7/4/24

The Robbins House

United States

Contact: The Robbins House

Join The Robbins House for their annual reading of Frederick Douglass' famous speech, "What to the slave is the 4th of July?"

Reflection: Selfhood/Motherhood

6/28/24 to 9/2/24 12:00 pm

The Umbrella Arts Center

United States

Experience this remarkable gallery exhibition of work by two artists in residence: photographer and mixed-media artist Catherine LeComte, and painter Jasmine Chen. At The Umbrella Arts Center.

Discover Concord Advisory Board Meeting

6/17/24 5:00 pm EST

The Wright Tavern Discover Concord Advisory Board Meeting

2 Lexington Road

Concord, MA

United States

Contact: Cynthia Baudendistel

The 5 Year Anniversary of Discover Concord magazine calls for a special advisory board meeting!

The Summer Issue is Here!
As our nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this issue explores the people, ideas, and stories that continue to shape its legacy. Inside, Professor Robert A. Gross offers fresh perspective in “A Referendum on Independence,” while a special foldout guide, “Following in Thoreau’s Footsteps,” invites you to explore the landscapes that inspired him. Discover an unexpected connection in “A Tale of Two Authors,” revisit the moving story of “A Hawthorne Homecoming,” and enjoy summer events, arts, and ways to experience Concord firsthand.
A Referendum on Independence
The road to American independence took time to complete, and Massachusetts, despite its reputation as a vanguard state, was not always in the lead. In 1775, even after the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill, most Patriot leaders were still seeking restoration of colonial rights within the British empire. Thomas Paine broke the logjam with the publication of Common Sense early the next year. The instant best-seller argued the case for separation by appealing to economic and political self-interest, emotional resentment of a brutal and oppressive king, and a utopian vision of America as “an asylum for mankind.”
A Hawthorne Homecoming
Two white horses pulled the hearse into Concord’s Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, a top-hatted driver at the reins. A band of mourners followed on foot as they made their way toward Authors’ Ridge.Except for the bright sunshine, this scene wouldn’t seem out of place in a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. But it happened a mere twenty years ago, on June 26, 2006. That was the day Hawthorne and his wife and daughter were reunited after his death separated them 142 years earlier.