Click here to learn more. Image courtesy of Ann Ringwood/Wicked Local https://freedomsway.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/REV-STORIES_logo-mark_square.png This event explores our region's revolutionary past! Learn about Freedom's Way 250 and discover the many ways the Heritage Area and its partners are commemorating and celebrating our nation's semiquincentennial anniversary.
This year is especially significant as our town prepares for 2025 and the ensuing 250th anniversary of those historic events. The 2025 Parade will be organized and directed by the Concord250 Parade Committee, an entity formed in 2024 that will work in conjunction with the Concord Public Ceremonies and Celebrations Committee to oversee and execute […]
All DAY EVENTS 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Turnpike. Community Day at the Concord Museum, enjoy free admission to the Museum to see the original lantern from Paul Revere’s midnight ride and the new special exhibition “Whose Revolution.” Family drop-in activities. Free. 11:00 AM – 7:45 PM Barrow Bookstore, 79 Main […]
CONCORD250 EVENT "Rediscovering Our Revolutionary War Veterans" presented by Beth van Duzer, Concord Historian Saturday, March 15th, 2025 at 8:00 AM Concord's Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square $30.00 includes buffet breakfast. Advance Reservations are needed by Friday, March 7th, 2025 This is due to limited seating at the Inn. Unfortunately we cannot host walk-ins that morning. […]
Visit the Annual Gathering 2024 website for full description, additional details, and registration. In spite of a lifetime riven by illness and environmental change during an era marred by racial oppression and political turmoil, Thoreau once wrote, “Surely joy is the condition of life.” Even in his darkest hours, Thoreau found resilience. He turned from […]
RiverFest Summer 2024: Celebrating our local Wild and Scenic Rivers!July 6th – July 28th, 2024 Summer is here! There’s no better time than now to experience the Wild and Scenic Rivers in your own backyard. We invite you to get outside with your family for hikes, paddles, art, and other events at RiverFest Summer 2024, July […]
The parade route will cover a distance of 3.5 miles and follow a route through Concord Center, proceeding to the Old North Bridge for a brief ceremony commemorating the events and soldiers of April 19, 1775. The entire event will last approximately three hours. For 2024 we are introducing a parade concept to convey the […]