Concord in Middlesex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Henry David Thoreau
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 17, 2009
1. Henry David Thoreau Marker
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1846.
Location. 42° 27.632′ N, 71° 20.981′ W. Marker is in Concord, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. It can be reached from Monument Square, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Concord MA 01742, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Boston. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Concord Massachusetts World War II Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); Jethros Tree (within shouting distance of this marker); Concord Massachusetts War Memorials (within shouting distance of this marker); The Milldam (within shouting distance of this marker); Concord Massachusetts World War I Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); Concord Massachusetts Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker);
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Additional commentary.
1. Thoreau, slavery and the Mexican-American War.
A close reading of "Civil Disobedience" shows that Thoreau was keenly aware of the potential for the new territory gained in the Mexican-American War to allow more places where slavery would be permitted. He was also against the Mexican War on general principles, saying "...and a whole country is unjustly overrun and conquered by a foreign army, and subjected to military law, I think that it is not too soon for honest men to rebel and revolutionize. What makes this duty the more urgent is the fact that the country so overrun is not our own, but ours is the invading army."
— Submitted April 10, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 17, 2009
2. Henry David Thoreau Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,902 times since then and 41 times this year. Last updated on April 10, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 29, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
