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9 Concord

First settled in 1635, Concord is linked with neighboring drove three British companies
Lexington in the battles of April 19, 1775. Colonials favoring from the bridge and chased
separation from Great Britain hid munitions here and British them back to their occupation
troops, seeking these supplies, marched on the town, passing barracks in Boston.
Across the bridge is the
first through Lexington (see p121). The resulting battles in famous Minute Man statue,
Concord, along with the Lexington skirmish, are considered the crafted by Concord native
first of the American Revo lution. Half a century later, with the Daniel Chester French (1850–
gathering of American writers including essayist Ralph Waldo 1931). A short trail leads from
Emerson, Concord blossomed as the literary heart of the U.S. The the bridge to the North Bridge
Visitor Center. A re­enactment
homes of many writers of the era are now preserved as museums.
of the battle takes place every
year in April.
P Emerson House
28 Cambridge Tpk. Tel (978)
369­2236. Open mid­Apr–late
Oct: 10am–4:30pm Thu–Sat,
1–4:30pm Sun.& 8
Following his graduation from
Harvard, Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803–82) spent his early
adulthood as a schoolteacher
and then as a Unitarian min­
North Bridge in Minute Man National Historical Park ister. But as he grew away from
religious ortho doxy
P Monument Square Battle Green and and began to
At Concord’s center is Monument managed to prevail in promulgate his
Square. The square was the focus Concord center, they Transcendental
of a battle between British troops fared less well in the philosophy, Emerson
and Colonists on what has become countryside. Colonial withdrew from the
known as Patriots Day. Having militia and citizen­ ministry and moved
seized the gun cache of rebel soldiers (Minute Men) to Concord, living first
forces, British soldiers began burn­ successfully hid their in The Old Manse
ing them. Nearby Colonial forces cannon and powder where he wrote his
saw the smoke and, believ ing the stashes from a con­ manifesto Nature.
British were torching the town, tingent of British On marrying Lydia
rushed to Concord’s defense. soldiers by burying Minute Man statue Jackson in 1835, he
the munitions in in Concord settled into Emerson
P Minute Man National newly plowed fields. house, writing essays,
Historical Park – North They then confronted British organizing lecture tours, and Concord River
North Bridge
Bridge Visitor Center troops who were patrolling entertaining friends and Visitor Centre
174 Liberty St. Tel (978) 318­7810. North Bridge. The so­called admirers as the honored “Sage North
Open Apr–Oct: 9:30am–5:30pm “shot heard round the world,” of Concord”. Emerson lived in Minute Man Bridge
daily. Closed Nov–Mar. 7 memorialized in Emerson’s this house until his death in Statue
The Old
∑ nps.gov/mima “Concord Hymn” (1837), is 1882. Much of his furniture, LIBERTY ST M O N U M E N T S T R E E T
Manse
Although British troops met widely considered to have set writings, books, and family Minute Man
National
little resistance on Lexington off the war, as the Colonials memorabilia are on display here. Historical Park
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LONG STREET BEDFORD
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BE DF O R D S T R E E T
Sleepy Hollow
LO W E L L R O A D
Cemetery
BOW ST
MONUMENT
SQUARE
CHESTNUT STRE E T REVOLUTI O NARY RD
KEYES ROAD
62 M A I N STREET
WEST CONCORD, Orchard House,
The Wayside
MAYNARD 2A 2A LEXINGTON,
L E X I N G T ON R O A D
SUDBURY RD SLOW STREET W A L D E N S T R E E T Concord Museum BOSTON
HUBBARD STREET
Along the Battle Road, by John Rush is located in the Minute Man Visitor Center Walden Pond Emerson CAMBRIDGE
House
State Reservation
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