Ralph Waldo Emerson House
Author and transcendentalist, Ralph Waldo Emerson, lived in Concord, Massachusetts in this house.
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Concord (/ˈkɒŋkərd/) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. At the 2010 census, the town population was 17,668. The United States Census Bureau considers Concord part of Greater Boston. The town center is located near where the confluence of the Sudbury and Assabet rivers forms the Concord River.
The area that became the town of Concord was originally known as Musketaquid, an Algonquian word for grassy plain. Concord was established in 1635 by a handful of British settlers; by 1775, the population had grown to 1,400.[2] As dissension between colonists in North America and the British crown intensified, 700 troops were sent to confiscate militia ordnance stored at Concord on April 19, 1775. The ensuing conflict, the Battle of Lexington and Concord, was the final inciting incident (the shot heard round the world) that triggered the American Revolutionary War.
A rich literary community developed in Concord during the mid-nineteenth century, centered around Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson's circle included Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott and Henry David Thoreau. Major works written in Concord during this period include Alcott's novel Little Women, Emerson's essay Self-Reliance, and Thoreau's Walden and Civil Disobedience. In this era, the now-ubiquitous Concord grape was developed in Concord by Ephraim Wales Bull.
In the 20th century, Concord developed into an affluent Boston suburb and tourist destination, drawing visitors to the Old North Bridge, Orchard House and Walden Pond. The town retains its literary culture and is home to notable authors including Doris Kearns Goodwin, Alan Lightman and Gregory Maguire. Concord is also notable for its progressive and environmentalist politics, becoming in 2012 the first community in the United States to ban single-serving PET bottles.
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Henry David Thoreau's Cabin
(USA) Episode 2 - Walking the Emerson and Thoreau Amble in Concord, Massachusetts. The 1.7 mile path from the house of Ralph Waldo Emerson back in the 19th century to Walden Pond. This was where Henry David Thoreau, the famous American essayist build his cabin. Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience.
Graveyards of Concord MA
A tour of the graveyards in historic Concord MA, and how they reflect the history of Concord. Includes the graves of Emerson, Thoreau, and Alcott located on Author's Ridge.
Colonel James Barrett Farm House Concord MA by BK Bazhe
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The Col. James Barrett Farm (Barrett's Farm) is a historic farm at
448 Barrett's Mill Road in Concord, Massachusetts.
James Barrett was Colonel of the Concord, Massachusetts Militia
during the Battles of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolutionary War.
His farm was the storage site of all the town of Concord's Militia gunpowder,
weapons and two pairs of prized bronze cannons, according to secret
British intelligence.
On the morning of April 19, 1775, the British Regulars were ordered by
General Thomas Gage to march from Boston to the town of Concord,
about 20 miles inland, and seize the cannon and raid the arsenal at the provincial farm.
The British met resistance at both Lexington, Massachusetts and Concord.
Before the British arrived and searched, the stores had been concealed in a
field nearby, and the British never found them.
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Concord, North Bridge, Massachusetts
Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States.
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the initial conflict in the American Revolutionary War. On April 19, 1775, a force of British Army regulars marched from Boston to Concord to capture a cache of arms that was reportedly stored in the town. Forewarned by Paul Revere and other messengers, the colonists mustered in opposition. Following an early-morning skirmish at Lexington, where the first shots of the battle were fired, the British expedition under the command of Lt. Col. Francis Smith advanced to Concord. There, colonists from Concord and surrounding towns (notably a highly drilled company from Acton led by Isaac Davis) repulsed a British detachment at the Old North Bridge and forced the British troops to retreat. Subsequently, militia arriving from across the region harried the British troops on their return to Boston, culminating in the Siege of Boston and outbreak of the war.
Concord has a remarkably rich literary history centered in the mid-nineteenth century around Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), who moved to the town in 1835 and quickly became its most prominent citizen. Emerson, a successful lecturer and philosopher, had deep roots in the town: his father Rev. William Emerson (1769–1811) grew up in Concord before becoming an eminent Boston minister, and his grandfather, William Emerson Sr., witnessed the battle at the North Bridge from his house, and later became a chaplain in the Continental Army. Emerson was at the center of a group of like-minded Transcendentalists living in Concord.
Concord è un comune degli Stati Uniti d'America facente parte della contea di Middlesex nello stato del Massachusetts. Nonostante sia una piccola città ha rivestito un ruolo importante nella storia e nella letteratura americana.
In ambito storico la città divenne famosa per essere stata teatro della prima vera battaglia della guerra d'indipendenza, la battaglia di Lexington e Concord. Le truppe inglesi, di ritorno da un'operazione di polizia nella città, caddero in un'imboscata sul North Bridge (ponte sopra il fiume Concord) e dovettero ritirarsi subendo pesanti perdite.
Per quanto riguarda la letteratura Concord fu residenza per molti trascendalisti, in particolare Nathaniel Hawthorne e Henry David Thoreau. Qui vissero Ralph Waldo Emerson, famoso filosofo e poeta, e Louisa May Alcott, l'autrice di Piccole donne. Qui è inoltre nato l'attore Steve Carell.
Best Trail Running in America: Historical Concord, Massachusetts
- Just 22 miles north west of the bustling city of Boston, Massachusetts sits the quaint New England town of Concord. Known as the birthplace of the American Revolution, Concord is also home to many of American literature’s finest writers, such as Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Louisa May Alcott (all of whom happen to be buried next to each other on Poet’s Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.) Concord’s rolling hills, picturesque farms, flowing rivers, and idyllic ponds have inspired poets and revolutionaries for generations. These same qualities, along with its beautifully maintained trails make Concord a trail runner’s paradise.
Lexington and Concord April 19 1775
20 - Tour in USA - Concord - Old North Bridge
The thunderbolt falls on an inch of ground,
but the light of it fills the sky - Emerson
The Price of Freedom (The Shot Heard Around The World) April 19, 1775
POF-USA's Frank DeSomma pays homage to those patriots who stood bravely in defiance against tyranny and sheds light on the history behind the first shot in what would become the beginning of the war for American independence. The phrase the shot heard around the world comes from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Concord Hymn (1837) and refers to the first shot of the American Revolution at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, where the first British soldiers fell in the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.
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North Bridge Concord
The shot heard round the world, which signaled the start of the Revolutionary War, was fired from this spot.
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- ... The road leads all the way to the North Bridge near Concord where the legendary shot was fired ...
- ... Our stops included the Hancock House, Buckman Tavern, The Minutemen Museum, Old North Bridge and Walden Pond ...
- ... I decided not to go for the organised tour and set off myself to the North Bridge, which saw the first engagement between the colonials and the regualrs (the British) in the Revolutionary War; 'the shot ...
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- North Bridge, Concord by Mefox13 from a blog titled Here once the embattled farmers stood - Emerson
- Old North Bridge by Calthoff from a blog titled From the Battle Green to Walden Pond
Concord Museum
The Concord Museum is a museum of local history located at 200 Lexington Road, Concord, Massachusetts, USA, and best known for its collection of artifacts from authors Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. It is open daily except major holidays; an admission fee is charged.More info visit
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Site of Henry David Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond
This is the site of the Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond. It is located near Thoreau's cove at Walden Pond State Reservation. To learn more about Thoreau, visit the History of Massachusetts Blog
Journey from 2012 to 2013
A little something I put together about my journey from 2012 to 2013. A road trip full of friends and conversation, visual and literary art, historic sites and inspiration. You'll see the sculptor Jeff Smith's studio, Dale Chihuly's glass work at the Boston MFA, some Edward Weston photographs taken on his own road trip across America in 1941 for a photobook of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, a replica of and the actual site of Henry David Thoreau's cabin, Walden Pond, Ralph Waldo Emerson's home in Concord MA, and finally Robert Frost's farm in Derry NH...ending with a stanza from a Frost poem. Here's to new beginnings, and Happy New Year!
Days | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry), Poetry | Talkingbook
Days | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry), Poetry | Audiobook full unabridged | English
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Days by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 10, 2012.As a lecturer and orator, Emerson—nicknamed the Concord Sage—became the leading voice of intellectual culture in the United States. Herman Melville, who had met Emerson in 1849, originally thought he had a defect in the region of the heart and a self-conceit so intensely intellectual that at first one hesitates to call it by its right name, though he later admitted Emerson was a great man. Theodore Parker, a minister and Transcendentalist, noted Emerson's ability to influence and inspire others: the brilliant genius of Emerson rose in the winter nights, and hung over Boston, drawing the eyes of ingenuous young people to look up to that great new start, a beauty and a mystery, which charmed for the moment, while it gave also perennial inspiration, as it led them forward along new paths, and towards new hopes. ( Summary from Wikipedia )
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The Making of Let It Begin Here museum film, Boston Tea Party / Lexington Green 1775
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This Behind-The-Scenes look at the making of the epic Museum film Let It Begin Here was produced by Digital Island Media to showcase the making of this project during the summer of 2011 in Richmond, Virginia. The film will screen in the Boston Tea Party Museum in Boston Harbor and was written, produced, edited & directed by Kevin R. Hershberger to tell the story of the people and events of April 19, 1775 and the shot heard 'round the world on Lexington Green which began the American Revolutionary War.