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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Aunt March residesIn Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts (fictionalized setting)
Edith Emerson residence Concord, Massachusetts
Edith Emerson placeOfOrigin Concord, Massachusetts
Old Manse location Concord, Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem "Concord Hymn" setting Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Concord Hymn
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem "Concord Hymn" firstPerformancePlace Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Concord Hymn
Gordon S. Wood placeOfBirth Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Concord town center locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
The Wayside locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
The Wayside town Concord, Massachusetts
The Wayside touristAttraction Concord, Massachusetts
Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) hasAuthorResidenceContext Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Resistance to Civil Government
Barrett Farm Historic District locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Concord Museum locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Orchard House locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Hanscom Field near Concord, Massachusetts
Emerson House locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Emerson House town Concord, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Route 62 passesThrough Concord, Massachusetts
Walden Pond locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Walden Pond nearbyCity Concord, Massachusetts
West Concord station locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Dick Kazmaier residence Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
North Bridge skirmish location Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts
North Bridge skirmish location Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Hillside locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Meriam family house locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Meriam family farm locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Lexington Road locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Steve Carell placeOfBirth Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Middlesex School locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Nancy Walker Bush Ellis placeOfDeath Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Nancy Walker Bush Ellis residence Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Symbolics laterHeadquartersLocation Concord, Massachusetts
Samuel Whitney residence Concord, Massachusetts
George William Curtis educatedAt Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Concord, Massachusetts Transcendentalist circle
New England literary culture hasLocation Concord, Massachusetts
West Concord, Massachusetts town Concord, Massachusetts
West Concord, Massachusetts partOf Concord, Massachusetts
Harriet Lothrop placeOfResidence Concord, Massachusetts
Harriet Lothrop workLocation Concord, Massachusetts
Harriet Lothrop basedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Authors' Ridge locatedIn Concord, Massachusetts
Authors' Ridge partOfHistoricTown Concord, Massachusetts
Hawthorne family associatedWithPlace Concord, Massachusetts
Concord Days mainLocation Concord, Massachusetts
Route 62 passesThrough Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Route 62 (Massachusetts)