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Concord, Massachusetts

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Location

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    (September 12, 1635- )
    Town in Middlesex County
    Part of Greater Boston
    Population: 18,491 (2020)
    Located between the Sudbury and Assabet rivers forming the Concord River
    Home of the Old North Bridge, Orchard House, The Wayside and Walden Pond
    Motto: Quam Firma Res Concordia ('How Strong Is Harmony')
    Famous residents include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott and Henry David Thoreau

Why Concord, Massachusetts might be annoying:

    There's an ongoing debate between Lexington and Concord residents over exactly which town the 'shot heard around the world' took place in.
    The argument over the point of origin for the Revolutionary War dates back to 1824 when the Marquis de Lafayette visited both towns and was given conflicting information.
    President Ulysses S. Grant considered not attending the 1875 centennial celebrations in the area to evade the issue.
    It shares a name with the capital of New Hampshire.
    This distinction led Michele Bachmann to incorrectly claim that the Revolutionary War began in New Hampshire during a Presidential campaign stop in 2011.
    Its home prices are not only among the most expensive in Massachusetts, but its real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
    It is the first community in the United States to ban single-serving PET bottles.

Why Concord, Massachusetts might not be annoying:

    It is widely viewed as the birthplace of the American Revolution.
    It was the site of one of the battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775), which famously triggered the American Revolutionary War.
    The Concord grape was developed in Concord by Ephraim Wales Bull (1849).
    It is famous for its rich literary community in the 18th and 19th-centuries.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson drafted his Transcendentalist essay 'Nature' at the Old Manse in Concord (1836).
    Henry David Thoreau lived in a cabin on Walden Pond for two years, and wrote the book 'Walden' from the experience in 1854.
    Other major works written in Concord during this period include Alcott's 'Little Women,' Emerson's essay 'Self-Reliance,' Thoreau's 'Civil Disobedience,' and Hawthorne's 'Mosses from an Old Manse.'
    It retains its literary culture and is home to notable authors, including Doris Kearns Goodwin, Alan Lightman and Gregory Maguire.
    Henry James dubbed it 'the biggest little place in America.'
    It is the site of numerous American Revolution commemorations and reenactments annually.
    Its historical landmarks and historical homes are well preserved and make for great tourist attractions.

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