Virtual Memorial

Henry David Thoreau

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Henry David Thoreau, remembered for Transcendentalism, Nature writing, Civil disobedience.

1817 - 1862Concord, Massachusetts, United States

Portrait or photograph of Henry David Thoreau: Portrait photograph from a ninth-plate daguerreotype of Henry David Thoreau. Calvin R. Greene was a Thoreau “disc — Portrait photograph from a ninth-plate daguerreotype of Henry David Thoreau. Calvin R. Greene was a Thoreau “disciple” who lived in Rochester, Michigan, and who first began corresp Benjamin D. Maxham active 1848 - 1858, National Portrait Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Henry David Thoreau Is Remembered

Henry David Thoreau is remembered for transcendentalism, nature writing, civil disobedience. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Henry David Thoreau.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Concord, Massachusetts, United States is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Henry David Thoreau's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Portrait or photograph of Henry David Thoreau: E.S. Dunshee took the last photographs of Thoreau — two slightly differing ambrotypes — on August 21, 1861, in Ne — E.S. Dunshee took the last photographs of Thoreau — two slightly differing ambrotypes — on August 21, 1861, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Late in the nineteenth century, the Conco
Edward Sidney Dunshee (1823-1907), Anna Ricketson (1902) Daniel Ricketson and his friends [1] , Boston: Houghton Mifflin, OCLC 2952813, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Source

Portrait or photograph of Henry David Thoreau: Henry David Thoreau par Félix Vallotton — Henry David Thoreau par Félix Vallotton
Félix Vallotton, File:La Revue blanche, t11, 1896.djvu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Source

Portrait or photograph of Henry David Thoreau: Title: Henry David Thoreau, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right Abstract/medium: 1 photographic pr — Title: Henry David Thoreau, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Library of Congress Catalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/95513963 Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a00000/3a02000/3a02100/3a02153r.jpg Original url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/9
Source

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau

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