In 1825, the Bunker Hill Monument Association donated $500 (equivalent to $11,437 in 2020) to Concord to build a monument to the Battle of Concord.[18] The original plan was to place the monument "near the town pump" in Concord.[19] Due to disagreements within the town, nothing was done with the money until Ezra Ripley donated land for the monument near the Old North Bridge in 1835.