THE TAP ROOM, BUCKMAN TAVERN
STATUE OF CAPTAIN JOHN PARKER LEXINGTON COMMON
Henry H. Kitson, Sculptor
LEXINGTON and CONCORD
A CAMERA IMPRESSION
by SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIN
Hastings House Publishers New York
Copyright, 1939, by Samuel Chamberlain. Printed in the United States of America
SET BY HAND IN GARAMOND TYPE BY ELAINE RUSHMORE AT THE GOLDEN HIND PRESS, MADISON, N. J.
CONCORD WINTER
REVOLUTIONARY ROADSIDE
THE OLD MANSE (1769), CONCORD
FOREWORD
Every American, since his early school days, has been definitely conscious of thetwo tranquil New England towns which share the distinction of being the birthplaceof the American Revolution. Their story has been told so well and so often, in prose, poetryand historical writing, that this small volume would have scant raison d’être if it were notfor the fact that good pictures of Lexington and Concord are curiously rare.
Visual reminders of those stirring days still exist in surprising number all over this countryside.The scenes of the heroic stands made by the minutemen on Lexington Commonand at Concord Bridge have been preserved virtually unchanged, thanks to the vigilance ofpatriotic citizens. The buildings most intimately associated with the epochal events of April19, 1775 are still in place, to add their eloquent testimony to the story that every schoolchildknows so well. Even more personal are the homes of Concord’s authors, which remainto give a graphic insight into the days of the 19th century when Concord was a significantcenter of American culture. Spared the unlovely intrusion of factories by their inland sites,these calm townships have kept their rural beauty. Their natural landscape remains unblemished,a pure joy today as it was in Thoreau’s time.
Historical importance here is matched by physical beauty, a fact which strikes every visitorforcibly, and which this little book strives to prove by a series of photographic impressions.These have been taken in all seasons of the year, to portray the varied moods of the countryside.The pictures follow a path approximating the march of the