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Jan/Feb 00
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A Fine Art Comic Book
By Daniel Ferguson. This recent Concord Carlisle High School graduate uses fine art techniques to create a graphic novel.

What's So French about French Drains?
By Deborah Bier. If we said French drains have a Concordian -- not European -- origin, would you be madder than a wet hen?

Concord Library Scans Thoreau Surveys for Internet Access
By Leslie Perrin Wilson. One-hundred and ninety surveys done by Henry David Thoreau -- most of Concord -- are an important part of the Concord Free Library's Special Collections...and they will soon be accessible via the Internet.

Update on Concord's Neighborhood Network
By the Staff of the Concord Magazine. Just because the New Year has come and gone doesn't mean Concord's neighborhood initiative is done and over.

Letters to the Editor
From our electronic mailbag: Subscribing to this ezine; Are you still there?; The British name for the American Revolution...more.

Special Section: Concord Fight's 225th Anniversary


Patriot's Day Special 225th Anniversary April 2000: Events for the 225th Anniversary of the Concord Fight
By the Staff of the Concord Homepage. This year marks the 225th anniversary of the Concord Fight and special events will be happening in Concord and all over eastern Massachusetts in commemoration.

Separating Fact from Fiction About Colonial Militias
By D. Michael Ryan. What did it take to be a Minuteman? According to the author, preparedness, determination, patriotism and bravery.

The Concord Fight Monument on Monument Square...Now Gone
By Louis A. Surett. Before the monument at the North Bridge, there was an earlier one on Monument Square destroyed by vandalism.

Historic Sources on the Concord Fight on Display at the Library
By Leslie Perrin Wilson. Millie Barrett's scissors and dozens of other artifacts documenting the Concord Fight and celebrations of Patriot's Day will be shown in April and May in the Concord Free Public Library.


Thoreau Almanac
Our back page series: a quote from any of Thoreau's writing paired with a Concord scene, both appropriate to the season.
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