CONCORD, one of the capitals of Middlesex county, state
of Massachusetts, North America, situated on both sides of
the Concord river, 17 miles W.N.W. of Boston. Pop.
2249. It was here, on the 19th April 1775, that the first
forcible resistance was made to the British power; and a
handsome monument now marks the spot where the first
blood was spilt in the war of the revolution. The monu-
ment is a granite obelisk 25 feet high, with a square base
5½ feet in diameter, and about 3 feet high, with an appro-
priate inscription on a slab of Italian marble. There are
many other places of this name in the United States.