* Bob Ladouceur ' 89, head football coach, De La Salle High ( Concord ), holder of longest high school winning streak ( 151 games )

His mother, Lisa Marie ( née Capuano ), is an artistic director at the Concord Youth Theater, and his father, G. Robert " Bob " Evans III, is a dentist.

Bob Diamond was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on July 27, 1951.

Down in Concord, New Hampshire, was a flier in the right place at the right time: Robert S. Fogg, a native New Englander, had been a World War 1, flying instructor, barnstormer, and one of the original planners of the Concord Airport.

One afternoon during a cold, powdery snowstorm, Fogg took off for Concord from the St. John field.

The rider from Concord was as good as his word.

The nearest undisrupted end of track from Boston was at Concord, N. H..

Usually back in Concord by noon, there was just time to get partially thawed out, refuel, and grab a bit of Mrs. Fogg's hot broth before starting the second trip.

Tracking down Mrs. Calhoun was like trying to catch up with Paul Revere between Lexington and Concord.

In 1860, Alcott was named superintendent of Concord Schools.

At Emerson's request, Alcott helped arrange Thoreau's funeral, which was held at First Parish Sanctuary in Concord, despite Thoreau having disavowed membership in the church when he was in his early twenties.

The result was the Concord School of Philosophy and Literature, which held its first session in 1879 in Alcott's study in the Orchard House.

The Concord School of Philosophy, which closed following Alcott's death in 1888, was reopened almost 90 years later in the 1970s.

The area that would become Concord was originally settled thousands of years ago by Abenaki Native Americans called the Pennacook.

It was renamed Concord in 1765 by Governor Benning Wentworth following a bitter boundary dispute between Rumford and the town of Bow ; the city name was meant to reflect the new concord, or harmony, between the disputant towns.

In 1808, Concord was named the official seat of state government.

Their most famous coach was the Concord Coach, modeled after the coronation coach of King George III.

Brubeck was born in Concord, California and grew up in Ione.

Enter the Dragon was the first Chinese martial arts film to have been produced by a major Hollywood studio – Warner Bros. and was produced in association with Golden Harvest and Lee's Concord Production Company.

In March 2006, a research team headed by David A. Sibley of Concord, MA published findings in the journal Science, saying that the videotape was most likely of a Pileated Woodpecker, with mistakes having been made in the interpretation of its posture.

According to the Concord Monitor, when Lynch was inaugurated on January 6, 2011, he became “ the state's longest-serving governor in nearly two centuries.

The attack was planned to take place on April 19, 1995, to coincide with the anniversary of the Waco Siege and the 220th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

This was not the only pencil-making occurring in Concord.

According to Henry Petroski, transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau discovered how to make a good pencil out of inferior graphite using clay as the binder ; this invention was prompted by his father's pencil factory in Concord, which employed graphite found in New Hampshire in 1821 by Charles Dunbar.

The teachings of William Ellery Channing a few years earlier had also laid the groundwork for the work of most of the Concord Transcendentalists.

To the east of the Merrimack, atop a bluff, is a flat, sandy plain known as Concord Heights, which has seen most of the city's commercial development since 1960.

In North America, the most common grape juice is purple and made from Concord grapes while white grape juice is commonly made from Niagara grapes, both of which are varieties of native American grapes, a different species from European wine grapes.

Even after fighting in the American Revolutionary War began at Lexington and Concord in April 1775, most colonists still hoped for reconciliation with Great Britain.

Perhaps the most pervasive influence on the use of the term throughout the years has been the song " Yankee Doodle ", which was popular during the American Revolutionary War ( 1775 – 1783 ) as, following the battles of Lexington and Concord, it was broadly adopted by American rebels.

Thoreau returned to Concord and worked in his family's pencil factory, which he continued to do for most of his adult life.

He is most famous for alerting Colonial militia of approaching British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, " Paul Revere's Ride.

It achieved prominence in the 19th century as a result of most residents of Pacheco relocating to Concord to avoid the devastation of fire and flood which crippled Pacheco's formerly booming economy.

However, unlike most such places, for example, Lexington and LeRoy, the plat used at Concord showed with dashed lines how the streets which entered the Public Square midway along each side could be extended to meet at the center the square.

There are currently 45 neighborhoods participating in the program, which contributes to making Concord one of the most sought-after communities for homebuyers in the regional real estate market.

Some of the most impressive garnet deposits in the world are located in Concord and neighboring Bethel Township.

* The ranger service in the upper valley of the Connecticut, and the most northerly regiment of the New Hampshire militia in the period of the revolution: an address delivered before the New Hampshire Society of Sons of the American Revolution at Concord, N. H., April 26, 1900

On May 1, 1979, AMC marked the 25th anniversary of the Nash-Hudson merger with " Silver Anniversary " editions of the AMC Concord and Jeep CJ in two-tone silver ( Jeeps then accounted for around 50 % of the company's sales and most of its profits ); and introduced " LeCar ", a U. S. version of the small, fuel-efficient Renault 5, in dealer showrooms.

Traditionally, most commercially-produced Concord wines have been finished sweet, but dry versions are possible if adequate fruit ripeness is achieved.

When the British left Concord following their search ( which was largely unsuccessful, as the colonists, with advance warning of the action, had removed most of the supplies ), arriving colonial militia engaged the British column in a running battle all the way back to Charlestown.

In June 2006, Six Flags announced it was considering closing or selling up to six of its parks, including Elitch Gardens, Darien Lake, WaterWorld in Concord, California, Wild Waves and Enchanted Village in Federal Way, Washington, Splashtown in Houston, Texas and, most notably, Six Flags Magic Mountain.

The village is known as the " Grape Juice Capital of the World " because it lies roughly in the geographical center of of vineyards, most of which are the Concord grapes from which grape juice is produced, for years was corporate headquarters for the Welch's Grape Juice company, and is still home to a Welch's processing plant and other grape-related manufacturers.

The most recent English version of the Book of Concord was published in 2005 to commemorate the 425th anniversary of the publication of the Book of Concord, and the 475th anniversary of the presentation of The Augsburg Confession. It is a revision of the English text of the Concordia Triglotta and entitled Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions — A Reader ’ s Edition of the Book of Concord and edited by Paul T. McCain, Edward A. Engelbrecht, Robert C. Baker, and Gene E. Veith.

The Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840 – 60 by Charles Ives, commonly known as the Concord Sonata, is one of the composer's best-known and most highly regarded pieces.