Monument Square is a formerly open area in the center of

Concord, Massachusetts Concord () is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. In the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the town population was 18,491. The United States Census Bureau considers Concord part of Greater Boston. The town center is n ...

, United States. Laid out in 1635, it is now part of the

Concord Monument Square–Lexington Road Historic District The Concord Monument Square–Lexington Road Historic District is an historic district in Concord, Massachusetts. Monument Square, at the center of the district, was laid out in 1635. The district includes a collection of well-preserved res ...

. The square is prominently known as the site of British activities on April 19, 1775, the day of the

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, which began the

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, and of earlier meetings by Massachusetts

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, which were held in the First Parish Church and

Wright's Tavern Wright's Tavern is a historic tavern located in the center of Concord, Massachusetts. It is now a National Historic Landmark owned by the Society of the First Parish, Concord, with important associations with the Battle of Lexington and Concord ...

.{{cite web , title=MACRIS inventory record for Concord Monument Square–Lexington Road Historic District , url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=con.a , access-date=2014-05-03 , publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts A stone marker commemorating

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Ralph P. Hosmer,

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Charles A. Hart, and Private George E. Adams, of Concord's company in the 6th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry Regiment, stands at the northwestern edge of the square. The trio fought for the United States in the

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. File:Concord, Massachusetts - Spanish American War Monument.JPG, Spanish War monument

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Squares in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Concord, Massachusetts 1635 establishments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony