Concord

Why they call it Patriots Day

adamg — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:22:36 -0400

BattleRoad.org has a complete calendar of events for today and tomorrow - and historical info.

J.L. Bell finishes up destroying every myth we hold dear about Paul Revere, ending with the fable that his ride actually made a difference.

Photos: Patriots Day in Concord.

What Paul Revere really yelled on his midnight ride

adamg — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:46:35 -0400

It wasn't "The British are coming!"

Walking onto Walden Pond

adamg — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:22:14 -0500

Evan reports on his trek (so no, he didn't fall through); he saw plenty of ice-fishing holes and a snowman standing on the ice in the middle of the pond.

Joe Driscoll stayed firmly on solid ground as he photographed Forest Hills Cemetery in the snow.

Kid on the ice

adamg — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:54:01 -0500

Had to be talked out of trying to walk clear across Walden Pond.

Gourdgeous day at the end of an era

adamg — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:16:46 -0400

We haven't been keeping up with our Concord news, so we were shocked yesterday when we made our annual trek to Arena Farms to learn the place was closing forever on Oct. 31:

Sometimes, creepy-looking guys really are creepy

adamg — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:51:19 -0400

Stacey reports on an encounter with a creepy-looking creep in Concord Center.

The best Minuteman statue

adamg — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:41:57 -0400

In a battle to the death, Jay Fitzgerald would give the nod to Concord's Minuteman:

... The hat does it for me. The Lexington statue makes the Minuteman look like a slimmed down version of Paul Bunyan. Besides, I like Concord center more than Lexington center. ... So there. Someone had to settle this simmering debate. ...

Paul Revere's ride

adamg — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:33:28 -0400

J.L. Bell sets the historical record straight on Henry Longfellow and his poem:

... "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" is bound to be a better story than "The Midnight Rides of Dozens of Guys, Most of Whom I Can't Name." ...

Rest in peace, Sophia Hawthorne

adamg — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:59:41 -0400

Sandouri Dean Bey got to know Nathaniel Hawthorne's wife while working as a tour guide at Salem's House of the Seven Gables:

... It has been said that when Hawthorne wrote The House of the Seven Gables, he based the character of Phoebe on his beloved Sophia. ...

Remembering Massachusetts' war dead on April 19, 1775

adamg — Mon, 29 May 2006 19:05:34 -0400

J.L. Bell discusses the patriots who died on April 19, including Edward Barber, of Charlestown, age 14.