Concord, Massachusetts

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Concord, Massachusetts is a historic New England town best known as the site of the opening battles of the American Revolutionary War and as a center of 19th-century American literature and transcendentalism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county seat
municipality
town
associatedMovement American Transcendentalist movement
associatedWith American Revolutionary War
American literary history
Transcendentalism
associatedWork Little Women
Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience)
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
surface form: Walden
climateType humid continental climate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crossedBy Assabet River
Concord River
Sudbury River
dateOfEvent 1775-04-19
distanceToBoston approximately 20 miles west-northwest
foundedBy English colonists
foundedIn 1635
governedBy Select board form of government
hasAreaCode 351
978
hasHistoricDistrict Barrett Farm Historic District
Concord Monument Square–Lexington Road Historic District
hasHistoricSignificance center of 19th-century American literature
center of American transcendentalism
site of early battles of the American Revolutionary War
hasLandmark Concord Museum
Emerson House
Minute Man National Historical Park
Old North Bridge
Orchard House
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, United States
surface form: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts)

Old Manse
surface form: The Old Manse

The Wayside
Walden Pond
hasNotableResident Bronson Alcott
Henry David Thoreau
Louisa May Alcott
Margaret Fuller
surface form: Margaret Fuller (frequent visitor and associate)

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ralph Waldo Emerson
hasPostalCode 01742
locatedIn Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Boston, Massachusetts
namedAfter concept of concord (harmony)
partOf New England
siteOf Battles of Lexington and Concord
surface form: Battle of Concord

North Bridge skirmish

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Edward Waldo Emerson placeOfBirth Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Edward Waldo Emerson placeOfDeath Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Edward Waldo Emerson residence Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
town of Lincoln, Massachusetts borders Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Lincoln, Massachusetts
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For setting Concord, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Peabody workLocation Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Elizabeth Peabody residence Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
The Ponds setIn Concord, Massachusetts
Ralph placeOfDeath Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Ralph Waldo Emerson
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Ralph residence Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Ralph Waldo Emerson
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Acton locatedNear Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Acton, Massachusetts
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, United States ownedBy Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Town of Concord
Sophia Peabody placeOfDeath Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Sophia Peabody residence Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Self-Reliance associatedWith Concord, Massachusetts
Transcendental Club meetingPlace Concord, Massachusetts
Bronson Alcott placeOfDeath Concord, Massachusetts
Bronson Alcott residence Concord, Massachusetts
National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Walden Pond
Una Hawthorne residence Concord, Massachusetts
Amy March fictionalResidence Concord, Massachusetts
Doris Kearns Goodwin residence Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Melvin Memorial (Concord, Massachusetts) locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Melvin Memorial (Concord, Massachusetts) owner Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Town of Concord
Bedford, Massachusetts borders Concord, Massachusetts
Concord, California, United States namedAfter Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Concord, California
MA 2 passesThrough Concord, Massachusetts
Massachusetts 3rd congressional district containsTown Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district
Tom Glavine placeOfBirth Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Cram placeOfBirth Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Ralph Adams Cram
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Patriots’ Day Parade in Concord locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Sudbury, Massachusetts borders Concord, Massachusetts
Abigail May Alcott placeOfDeath Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Abigail May Alcott residence Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts Route 117 passesThrough Concord, Massachusetts
Assabet River flowsThrough Concord, Massachusetts
Assabet River mouthLocation Concord, Massachusetts
Battle of Menotomy relatedPlace Concord, Massachusetts
Lincoln, Massachusetts borderedBy Concord, Massachusetts
Jo March residence Concord, Massachusetts
Laurie (Theodore Laurence) setting Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Laurie
Meg March fictionalResidence Concord, Massachusetts
Beth March livesIn Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts (fictionalized)
Marmee March setting Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts (fictionalized)
Lidian Jackson Emerson residence Concord, Massachusetts
Lidian Jackson Emerson placeOfActivity Concord, Massachusetts
Carlisle, Massachusetts adjacentTo Concord, Massachusetts
Reformatory Branch Trail runsToward Concord, Massachusetts
Town of Bedford adjacentTo Concord, Massachusetts