Concord, MA Attractions
Concord is a Colonial town of 17,000 people that has a rich cultural and political history. It is the location of the "shot heard round the world." Local farmers called minutemen for their ability to be ready for battle in a minute's notice fought with British soldiers here on April 19, 1775, beginning the drive for American Independence. It was also ground zero for the philosophical and literary movement known as "transcendentalism." Writers Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott and Henry David Thoreau penned some of their most famous works here and Amos Bronson Alcott established his school of philosophy.
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Emerson Memorial House
Emerson Memorial House was built in 1829 and purchased by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1835. He lived in this house until his death in 1882. It displays some of his personal effects in an environment very much unchanged since the 19th century.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord has the grave sites of many famous residents including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Daniel Chester French, Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Alcotts.
Sudbury - Wayside Inn, Massachusetts
(Near Concord)
The Wayside Inn operated originally from 1716 to 1861 as Howe's Inn. The Inn became famous following the publication of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Tales of a Wayside Inn." The Wayside Inn is now a National Historic Site featuring fine dining, and noted as the oldest operating inn in America.
Wayside Inn
72 Wayside Inn Road
Sudbury, MA 01776-3206
United States
72 Wayside Inn Road
Sudbury, MA 01776-3206
United States
Phone 1 (978) 443-1776
Fax 1 (978) 443-8041
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