On April 19th, 2025, Concord celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Concord, or the "Concord Fight." 2025 also marks the 200th anniversary of Concord's annual observance of the event with an official town celebration. This exhibition features selections from the William Munroe Special Collections and the Town Archives, including art, photographs, broadsides, Town records, and ephemera that explore how Concordians have celebrated the anniversary throughout history.

Learn how celebrations have combined public interest and trends with historical commemoration, and how these events have evolved. While mainstay traditions like parades, invited speakers, balls, and re-enactments have prevailed and changed, new traditions have also been introduced, reflecting the community's diverse interests.

How to navigate this digital exhibition

Use the menu to the right to navigate through each page. To enlarge images, click on the picture. When you arrive on the image's description page, scroll to the bottom. A smaller thumbnail of the image will be visible under the "files" heading. Click the image to enlarge and view closely. 

Image descriptions and text transcriptions are also available on each image's description page.