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Concord250 essay contest invites teens to foretell town’s future

April 11, 2024

Are you in high school? Do you like to write? Here’s a chance to use your skill and enthusiasm to win $500 to invest in your future.

State Sen. Mike Barrett secures $2 million for statewide 250th celebrations

March 4, 2024

As an economic incentive, two years ago, Sen. Mike Barrett (D-Lexington) saw to it that $200,000 in state funding went to Concord for farmers markets, local festivals, parades, musical and theatrical performances,

IRS grants Concord250 tax-exempt status for donations

February 6, 2024

Organizers of Concord’s all-out 2025 commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War are preparing for potentially tens of thousands of visitors flooding into town.

Video: Take a sneak peek at the proposed Concord250 memorial

January 23, 2024

Since Concord started putting up memorials, honoring the events and people of the town, expectations have changed. Granite, hard and cold, is no longer the material of choice. Honoring a diverse

Minute Man has ambitious plans for 250th Revolution anniversary

January 16, 2024

Capitalizing on its historic role in the Revolutionary War, Minute Man National Historical Park unveiled a multi-year plan to highlight the initial battle between the British Regulars and area farmers and beyond.

Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of — Tidd and Munroe? Prescott?

January 7, 2024

Everyone knows the story of how Paul Revere rode through the night, broadcasting the alarm throughout Middlesex that the British were headed out to capture the colonists’ stores of weapons and ammunition.

Additional funds for Concord250 in proposed warrant article

January 5, 2024

With $700,000 in hand, the Concord250 Executive Committee is seeking Town Meeting’s approval of an additional $350,000, largely to pay for security for the 2025 parade and related events commemorating the anniversary

Concord finally inks deal with neighbors to mark revolution’s 250th anniversary

December 6, 2023

Concord may have been the first battleground of the American Revolution, but this week it became the last of its neighbors to sign on to a multi-town deal to celebrate the war’s

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