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Photo Gallery of Concord, Massachusetts in Autumn

Concord Massachusetts was the first town I settled in when I moved to New England in 1994. I was living in Boston after having first arrived to this area, and my first train ride out of the city was a weekend visit to Concord. It didn't take very long before I realized that Concord was the town I had to live in. It felt like I had fallen into a living Norman Rockwell painting.

Many years have passed, and although I was away for a while, I've lived here for the better part of these last 10 years. I've wandered through the Walden woods, canoed long stretches of Sudbury River, shuffled through Vanderhoof Hardware and the Concord Bookstore, and spent many days reading the many headstones throughout Sleepy Hollow Cemetary. Concord's residents are devoted to maintaining and celebrating the rich history that saturates every corner, and the town an amazingly friendly and peaceful place to live or visit. The beauty of the place through winter and summer has inspired me to practice poetry and photography.

Join me now with this walk through Concord on this cool October afternoon for a glimpse of that beauty that I've grown to love and the history that I continue to learn. Visit front porches decorated with jack o' lanterns, and survey the colorful hues of sugar maples and pin oaks.

Concord Photo Gallery

My other photo galleries of Concord, MA:
- Concord Center and the Hartwell House in Lexington
- Snow Storm in Concord, MA
- Concord on Forth of July

posted on 29 October, 2004 at 9:02 PM.
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Good heavens Steven, a lot of great pictures here.

comment by Mike Brunt, posted at 11/10/04 9:40 PM

Photos of the Concord Library:

http://www.talkingtree.com/gallery/USA/Massachuset...

comment by Steven Erat, posted at 3/2/05 4:23 PM

For a nice photo album of Concord in Spring time, check out this website:

http://homepage.mac.com/concord/PhotoAlbum123.html...

comment by Steven Erat, posted at 6/22/05 6:27 PM

As a native since 1999 & having lived in four other states in the last 25 years- there is only one Concord- a great place to live- it breathes history but is alive today.

Nice work- my one regret is that the Milldam Store is no more- We miss Paul and his family

comment by HPM, posted at 9/6/05 11:31 AM

I to say that my favorite picture from your Concord photos has to be the one of the Obelisk at North Bridge; that monument has special meaning for me since the man who casted is an ancestor of mine. My family has lived in the Concord Carlisle area since the town of Carlise's settlement in the 1600's.

Come September/October, I will be moving across country to Oregon and I know that I will miss my home, so book marking the photo album and being able to see them whenever I feel home sick is going to help.

comment by Steph Olsen, posted at 3/10/08 7:54 PM

Steph,

I'm glad to know my photos will serve your sense of nostalgia and community when you move away. I lived in Concord for many years until I bought a house in nearby Bolton, and still just 12 miles away I find myself pining for the familiar coziness of downtown Concord with its vibrant community and strong sense of history.

In case you missed it, here's one more photo of the obelisk at the North Bridge in summer:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenerat/182076735/...

You may want to join the Yahoo! group for Concord. It has a very active mailing list where esoteric topics on Concord's history are often discussed at length.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/concord/

comment by Steven Erat, posted at 3/11/08 11:23 AM

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