Concord 250th Birthday Broadside
Title
Concord 250th Birthday Broadside
Subject
Concord Town House Exhibit
Description
1885 broadside advertising the 250th anniversary of Concord's incorporation.
Image description: Black text on yellowed paper.
Transcription:
Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Concord!
September 12th, 1885.
A Salute will be fired, and Bells will be rung at sunrise.
The Concord Artillery, the Old Concord Post G. A. R., the Concord Battery, and the Concord Fire Department,
Will form in Monument Square at 9.30 o'clock, A. M., and will march at 10 o'clock over Lexington, Heywood, Walden, Hubbard, Devens, Sudbury and Thoreau Streets to the head of Main Street, where the invited guests will be received at 10.30 o'clock, and escorted down Main Street to the Town House.
The Exercises in the Town Hall
Will begin at 11 o'clock, doors will be open at 10.30 o'clock. After the Exercises at the Hall, the line will be formed and march over Main, Thoreau, and Texas Streets to the Dinner in Agricultural Hall, which will be served at 1.30 o'clock, P. M., at which time the parade will be dismissed.
A Salute will be fired, and the Bells rung at sunset.
Citizens are invited to Decorate their Houses along the line of march.
Reception and Promenade Concert.
There will be a Reception and Promenade Concert in the Town Hall on Friday Evening, Sept. 11th, from 7.30 to 11 o'clock, to which the citizens of Concord and their guests are invited.
Richard F. Barrett, Chief Marshal.
Image description: Black text on yellowed paper.
Transcription:
Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Concord!
September 12th, 1885.
A Salute will be fired, and Bells will be rung at sunrise.
The Concord Artillery, the Old Concord Post G. A. R., the Concord Battery, and the Concord Fire Department,
Will form in Monument Square at 9.30 o'clock, A. M., and will march at 10 o'clock over Lexington, Heywood, Walden, Hubbard, Devens, Sudbury and Thoreau Streets to the head of Main Street, where the invited guests will be received at 10.30 o'clock, and escorted down Main Street to the Town House.
The Exercises in the Town Hall
Will begin at 11 o'clock, doors will be open at 10.30 o'clock. After the Exercises at the Hall, the line will be formed and march over Main, Thoreau, and Texas Streets to the Dinner in Agricultural Hall, which will be served at 1.30 o'clock, P. M., at which time the parade will be dismissed.
A Salute will be fired, and the Bells rung at sunset.
Citizens are invited to Decorate their Houses along the line of march.
Reception and Promenade Concert.
There will be a Reception and Promenade Concert in the Town Hall on Friday Evening, Sept. 11th, from 7.30 to 11 o'clock, to which the citizens of Concord and their guests are invited.
Richard F. Barrett, Chief Marshal.
Rights
William Munroe Special Collections, The Concord Free Public Library
Publisher
William Munroe Special Collections, The Concord Free Public Library
Date
1885
Format
jpeg
Language
English
Type
image
Citation
“Concord 250th Birthday Broadside,” William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library, accessed December 25, 2025, https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/items/show/5034.