Located 18 miles west-northwest of Boston, the town of Concord was incorporated in 1635 as the first inland settlement in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, to provide greater protection against Indian attack. Concord is perhaps best known as the site of the first organized armed resistance to the British rule.
Lexington was first settled circa 1642[3] as part of Cambridge, Massachusetts. [3] What is now Lexington was then incorporated as a parish, called Cambridge Farms, in 1691. This allowed the people there to have a separate church and minister, but they were still under jurisdiction of the Town of Cambridge. Lexington was incorporated as a separate town in 1713.
No Johnson Direct Line Ancestors lived in Lexington and Concord that we are aware of, but Joseph Hills and his brothers and uncle marched at the alarm of 19 July 1776 when Joseph was 16 years old.
Buckman Tavern 1 Bedford Street, Lexington. 781-862-5598
Lexington Visitor’s Center
Battle Diorama
The Old Belfry
Tour of Lexington Battle Green
Minute Man National Historical Park
Minute Man Visitors Center. 3113 Marrett Rd, Lexington, MA 02421
The Road to Revolution -multi-media presentation
Old North Bridge -
North Bridge Visitor Center at Buttrick Mansion - 174 Liberty St, Concord, MA
The Old Manse – home of Ralph Waldo Emerson & Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House -
Birthplace of Concord Grapes
Walden Pond State Reservation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord,_Massachusetts
www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3869.html
www.concordmuseum.org/history-of-concord.php