How Well Do You Know Concord?

1. Concord is famous for which war?

1. American Revolutionary War
2. Civil War
3. Battle at Hogwarts
4. World War 1

     2) Which fruit was developed in Concord?

1. Kumquat
2. The Concord grape
3. Watermelon
4. Chocolate covered strawberries

3) Which of Concord’s famous authors wrote Little Women?

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. Louisa May Alcott
3. Stephen King
4. Henry David Thoreau

4) On September 5th, 2012 Concord became the first community in the U.S. to put a ban on the sale of 

1. Vaping products
2. Doritos
3. Bottled water
4. Cigarettes

5) The “Shot Heard Round the World” took place at 

1. Downtown Concord
2. The banks of the Assabet River
3. The Old North Bridge
4. Walden Pond

6) The town of Concord was originally known as

1. Plainville
2. Carlisle
3. Bedford
4. Musketaquid

7) The population of Concord is approximately

1. 8,000
2. 14,000
3. 18,000
4. 25,000

8) Approximately how many people visit Minute Man National Historical Park each year?

1. 100,000
2. 5,000
3. 5,000,000
4. 1,000,000

9) Who does the Minute Man statue represent?

1. The sculptor of the statue named Daniel Chester French
2. A farmer who leaves his plow and picks up a musket to defend his land and liberty
3. The writer Henry David Thoreau
4. No one knows

10) Where is The Robbins House located?

1. Concord Center
2. Nashawtuc
3. Across from The Old North Bridge
4. Elm Street

Concord is an extraordinary town and it makes us especially grateful that in times like this there are so many people, of all ages, to support and connect with each other.

Read about some Concordians….

Concord Middle School 6th grade students Laiya Pavlov (on left of photos with her baby sister Arya) and Nika Lysyj (on right of photos) of Concord spent their spring break bringing cheer to isolated elders by creating chalk art outside their homes while maintaining physical distancing. Thank you, Laiya & Nika!

Every week the Edmunds neighborhood selects one restaurant to support for Friday night dinner.  Everyone calls in their own order and then one car goes to do the pick up at a designated time. Here is the May Day delivery, complete with additional tulips in honor of May Day that Holly Cratsley added to her neighbors’ bags. Great way to bring neighborhood together to support local business and help each other by minimizing trips. Thanks Holly & Edmunds neighborhood for the fabulous idea!

MAY IS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH!
Concord Council on Aging Recognizes all Concord Residents Age 60+
The theme for 2020 is “Make Your Mark.” The “you” in that theme refers to all of us, urging the younger among us to do something in support of seniors, and for the seniors among us to volunteer, share their stories and get involved in our neighborhoods, this year, in safe and protective ways.

Sign up to be a part of Peter’s 98th Birthday Parade!

Friends, neighbors are doing wonderful things do make these quarantine birthdays special… Birthday parades are everywhere, for all ages. Consider organizing or being a part of a birthday parade for someone celebrating a May Birthday!

Send us photos and news of other acts of kindness you’re seeing around town.

The Concord Chamber of Commerce has the latest and greatest information about businesses that are operating in Concord. Click below to learn more.

Concord Business Operating Hours

The Umbrella Prepares Expansive Month-long Series of Online & At-Home Activities Amid Covid-19

CONCORD, MA—April 25, 2020 would have marked several milestones for The Umbrella Arts & Environment Program.  Commemorating both the 30th anniversary of Concord’s Musketaquid Earth Day celebration and the 50th anniversary of International Earth Day itself, this year’s parade and festival were to have been the most ambitious yet as programming was scheduled to return to 40 Stow Street after years of construction and expansion.  

Region-wide partnerships were forged to create a month-long schedule of activities exploring of the theme “Fresh Water and Our Watershed,” from water treatment plant tours to a film festival, boating excursions to multimedia art installations.

But with the coronavirus state of emergency, Earth Day planners were forced to pivot, completely reconceptualize and repackage its programs for the new normal of social distancing.

The resulting celebration, Musketaquid Earth Day 2020 Re-Imagined, instead offers an extensive series of virtual learning and creative activities rolled out from April 1-May 20 exploring the Water theme. All can be performed DIY at-home, online, or asynchronously as outdoors activities while maintaining social distancing.

Key components include Earth Month 30/50 – 30 water-themed activities released over 50 days, from making a glass harmonica or a rain stick to canoeing the Sudbury River; building an Earth Float to watching themed performances.  The annual Earth Month Exhibition that would have been displayed in The Umbrella’s Main Gallery has been moved onto the online Art Cloud platform, where work can explored and even purchased for pickup after Covid-19 restrictions.  

Artist Liz Helfer’s installation The Voyage of the Yellow Wellies, was planned to range throughout The Umbrella building. But the sprawling multimedia print, audio and video installation exploring the SuAsCo watershed, proved highly adaptable to an online installation, according to Arts & Environment Director Nancy Lippe.

The homepage for Musketaquid Earth Day 2020 Re-Imagined can be found at TheUmbrellaArts.org/Earth-Day and updates are released almost daily on The Umbrella’s social media and email list.

We may not be able to travel now but this is a wonderful time to bring the family together to learn more about the world and have fun in the process…

Try celebrating a different country / cuisine each night…. Check out Epicurious for recipes.

We did Italian night with bruschetta, risotto and  biscotti. One of my boys pulled together some facts about Italy to share during dinner and another created a Kahoot game, all about Italy that we played after dinner. Try finishing off the night with Roman Holiday, Casino Royale  or another film that takes places in Italy.

Fun for family, guess locations in the world – visit Geoguessr

Use this time to learn some new words in another language – try Duolingo

Also these are good resources if you want to learn more about geography or want to play some geography games:

National Geographic

Kids World Travel Guide

Create a GeoQuest Game

Draw your own map of the world – have the family pin spots they have pin and use a different color pin to represent areas you’d like to visit.

Or pull out an album from a favorite family trip and try drawing or painting one of the spots you visited. Or create a diorama, using crafts and recyclables around the house.

Want to learn more about our own town?

Check out The Concord Museum website  – it’s full of so interesting info.

Also, The Concord Library, obviously, has a lot of terrific reading material.

Test your family and see who knows the most about our town’s history. You’ll be prepared for Patriot’s Day!