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Post Card Tour of Concord

Upon the same roadway that, in 1775, the Minute Men marched to first engage the British Regulars the Hawthorne Inn provides an excellent base from which to explore the treasures of Concord's many-layered past. The world has heard the voice of Concord resounding for three and one half centuries: from the Indian village of Musketequid to a Puritan frontier settlement, sleepy farming community to hotbed of the Revolutionary Movement, Boston backwater to the town that incubated Transcendentalism and nurtured the Flowering of American Literature. All of this is at our doorstep.

 

Next door is Lousia May Alcott's home where she wrote "Little Women". It is still filled with her things.!

Louisa's father, Bronson Alcott, built  his school of philosophy on their property.

 

We only walked five minutes before we came to Ralph Waldo Emerson's house.

Paul Revere's lantern, Emerson's study and Henry Thoreau's belongings are in the Concord Museum.

 

I can imagine how Concord used to be, everything is so well preserved.

Built in 1775, "The Old Manse" is by the river and battle ground.  Emerson wrote "Nature" here.

 

Today we saw the Old North Bridge, where the "Shot Heard 'Round The World" was fired.  You would love it!

This famous statue was made by a Concord sculptor named Daniel French.  He also made the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.

 

Leaves were falling in the old cemeteries and crackling as they brushed the headstones.   We visited the graves of all the great authors.

We found where Thoreau constructed his cabin.  Watched the sunset paint streaks over Walden Pond.

 

Just down the road from the Inn, Minute Man National Park maintains a 5 mile bike trail that winds past fields and historic sites.

In April, for Patriots Day, there is a battle re-enactment.

 

We rented a canoe and paddled downstream to the Great  Meadows National Refuge.  The birding was terrific.  Saw a rare Blanding's turtle and enjoyed a picnic by the shore.

Cambridge and Boston are only 30 minutes from the Inn.  We visited the Aquarium, Quincy Market, Freedom Trail and then returned to concord, where we could see the stars.