Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22

ter out Monument street. and take thHm info the room where Che Regalu. tloHarY bullet hole is preserved lndei 2 diamond haped piece of giass IL J. something they will nat forget
 Literary Concord
 The way Co the battle ground and tc tAe alNyas popular minute man lead. from the left of Monument street. A shprt distance from the main thor. aaehfare we see the plain granite Haft which marks the position of the British. The inscription reads Here an the 18th af April, i75, was made the frat foreible resistance 10 British aggression The Middlesex farmer handed themselves no undeserved laurols
 i concrete bridge, a replica of the original .0li North. spans the river at tbi- point. and facing the monu- ment. across the river is the bronze minute man. the work of a former Goncardian Daniel Chester French. On the base is inscribed Emerson's i'm mortal staHza.
 By tho rude bridge that arehed the
 flood.
 Their flag to Aprirs breeze unfurl- Here once the embattlcd farmers
 stood
 And fired the shot heard round the
 world
 Literary Shrines Remain
 There have been. however. other Concord echoes than the reverbera- tlens set on their way by the mus kets of the embattled farmers. And many of them more than once have eHcircied the globe. Scores of boo have come out of old Concord. books that have been read all over America and England and many parts of Europe that have been translated even into Chinese books on philoso- phy and religion by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Amos Bronson Alcott. romantic and tragic hooks by Ma th1uiei Hawthorne. books on nature by Henry David Thoreau and delicate. noiguart irresistible books by Louisa May AIcott For Concord "in the days of the giants' was the home of the Emersons and tho HawthorBes. af tho solitary Thareaa. af the vfy= faHary AIcatt and his more practical HsnFhter urelr we know Fmersan's F H8vtharne's eBkthedala Rsa HeesfHd Thoreau' "Wahen"s =t=a faHe heard ef Alcatfs School Gf Phlnsouhe and ite place ir Nae tH#HHn# trEn-een3eutalism aaI useIs SC h#sa= iBashfed and 8ent ever 1H tleots's Little Nen'' at .t5a Wanra ''
 Put Wtlt haz thfs Concord as fff =r=f Hra't57H to do with casual nHP##1= 9an ask sA araa #eal 2 a5H raaie Far Concord as zngrast fl hove one If the places where The nast is forever traadine on fhe heels Hf tho present This i= u#rfieu- The Emerson house stiii stan F. be heath tbe row ef pines which Aicott and ThoreaH nlanted fer their friend when he proclaimed his Good bv proud wnrld' I'm roinc hame.s and settled down fe aniet 4ave of writing and lan@ evenings of stimulating talk. Tho "Old Manse" still etauis. cavor and o1ossier than ever. at he end of a double avenue of ancient hlacl ash trees lcaarr oF Monument street
 The Orchard House" of the Alcotts s'ill stands 8 few feet hack from Tex- inater ro88 FeV' 'o the Gothic Colo. nial ehnol 5af Ph'l1sauhv Hillside Chanel . 8s i 1Fas csiied HnWtharne's home "WavsH'a'' sfill stands. looking much 3s f. aiI when hHrk from the vears jH Salem England. 8r1 ttalv the novelist determined to eit 'sluwr by the waysidc of life Ebe a man un der euchantment .
 W iieu Pond i5 st.ll tha hoef oi blue water that Thoreau lowed. bu fh. same cannot be aii of 'fs enc.rcln grove of trees Here Che urc4art ha. burst rudelv ju upon tha mast. 1n. haihers and nienie partiez and auto mabHe in ail states of eeH8r hav transformed what was nnee a evhla' el1tie into i|tfle more than saH8fe ulaeerauH4 where 'h5 nieaaHre5 ef th moment .eeiiree tha 1farF sf uthe HaV- tr defatenee ta ahath-'o 6f uatur.' t1u elul -g .se e#ire Q stones mark fhe effz af Thaf.au' haf and ff tourist =WF1 gsIf WHlie lu rfseryntia' mood oftcn 7dda4 sfon ta this simple and appropriate me marial
 Modern Concord
 Not only does Che past steal owe the present in Concord. but the pres ent draws life and beauty from th days hat are done lf this is tow, of survivals. its also place of roots and roots thnt run deep. The modes white colonial houses in which VI find the alert. progressive citizens O contemporary Concord exhale tn breath of antiquity The elms hay grown bit more luNuriant since Elm erson walked beneath them. but the, shelter a community whose fiber i no less substantial
 
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