Concord is unique in three periods of history. Incorporated in 1635, the town was the first Massachusetts settlement away from the tidewater on a non-navigable river. On April 19, 1775, it was the scene of the first battle of the War for Independence -- the American Revolution. During the middle of the nineteenth century, a period aptly called "The Flowering of New England," Concord was home to some of the greatest minds in America. RalphWaldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bronson Alcott, and his daughter Louisa May Alcott, lived, talked, and wrote in Concord. Because of them, visitors, both literary and transcendental, flocked to this town which became an American Athens.
Beside the old road that has witnessed the courage of Minute Men, marching to first challenge the King's troops and fire "The shot heard 'round the world", Hawthorne Inn was raised [c.1870] on fertile earth once owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott and family, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
This quaint 17th century village, that has engendered great thoughts and daring deeds, now welcomes you to a peaceful haven embraced by the gentle forces of creativity. We invite you to discover Henry Thoreau's Walden Pond, ..... [ more
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Beside the old road that has witnessed the courage of Minute Men, marching to first challenge the King's troops and fire "The shot heard 'round the world", Hawthorne Inn was raised [c.1870] on fertile earth once owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott and family, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
This quaint 17th century village, that has engendered great thoughts and daring deeds, now welcomes you to a peaceful haven embraced by the gentle forces of creativity. We invite you to discover Henry Thoreau's Walden Pond, ..... [