Summer Conversational Series Adult & Teacher Education Evening Edification

“Revolutions of Thought - Changing the World with Ideas”

The Alcotts lived in an extraordinary place and in extraordinary times. Bronson Alcott noted in his book of profoundly reflective essays, TABLETS – published in the same year as LITTLE WOMEN (1868) – that: “Our time is revolutionary. All things are undergoing reform and reconstruction, every citizen being a partner in the concern.” While the Revolutionary War occurred during the previous century (1775–1783), the literary and cultural revolution of ideas that emerged following the Civil War (1861–1865) also dramatically changed the lives of American citizens.

As Orchard House – the Alcott family home on Lexington Road in Concord – bore witness to unfolding events of the Revolutionary War on 19 April 1775, so were the Alcotts witness to extraordinary changes that came about through their thoughts and actions. With fellow Transcendentalists Emerson, Fuller, Thoreau, and many others, the Alcotts saw the world as a place where individuals could improve themselves and the lives of others.

To conclude our Summer Series “on a high note” and celebrate the ways in which we have shared ideas this past week, discovering ways to bring about reform in terms of the environment, education, equality, respect for the individual, and other aspects of our world, we bring the past alive through The Concord Minute Men Fife & Drum Corps’ concert of Colonial music. Don’t miss this uniquely revolutionary experience!

Light refreshments served. Seating is quite limited; kindly consider reserving tickets online at https://louisamayalcottsorchardhouse.ticketspice.com/2025-hybrid-summer-conversational-series

You may also like the following events from Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House:

• Next month, 13th July, 02:30 pm, Summer Conversational Series Adult & Teacher Education Opening Session in Concord
• Next month, 14th July, 10:00 am, Summer Conversational Series Adult & Teacher Education Day 2 in Concord
• Next month, 15th July, 10:00 am, Summer Conversational Series Adult & Teacher Education Day 3 in Concord

Also check out other Concerts in Concord, Music events in Concord, Arts events in Concord.