You can watch more of our visit that cspan. Org citiestours. In concord,re massachusetts on lexington road, also known as the battle road. Where the redcoats marched into the north bridge on april 19 of 1775, starting the American Revolution. This house was standing there then. Eventually much later than that, it becomes the home of Amos Bronson Alcott and his family. One of the daughters, Louisa May Alcott, in this house writes a book that really changes a lot of the way people think about children, the way they think about young women, the way they think about mature women. A very progressive book for its day and today it istill remains this because it is a true to life story of four young women and their parents. Victor alcott was an educator in the early days. Mrs. Alcott was a very progressive thinker who was deeply in love with mr. Alcott. They were in boston when alcott met emerson. Emerson was well ensconced there. He felt this town has Something Special to offer. It had the Po