On July 4, 1845, Henry David Thoreau decided it was time to be alone ... a historian at the National Portrait Gallery. “What he did in the book was he took those two years of experiences ...

In honor of Henry David Thoreau’s 200th birthday ... the only two original photographic images of Thoreau and a rare daguerreotype portrait of his sister, Sophia. Coincidentally, the Concord ...

Aim above morality. Be not simply good — be good for something." — Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau, writer, naturalist, and philosopher, was born in Concord, Massachusetts ...

In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the trust will host a read-a-thon Oct. 7 and Oct. 8 of Henry David Thoreau’s “Cape Cod” honoring his and the trust's legacies and the beauty of the Cape.