Paul Revere and Boston’s Committee of Safety

Paul Revere and Boston’s Committee of Safety By: Mehitabel Glenhaber As we’ve explored in other blog posts and our lecture series this past year, Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride was far from the only messenger work that he did to support the Patriot cause. We know...

A Gallery of Reverabilia

A Gallery of Reverabilia The Paul Revere Memorial Association has a collection of at least several hundred items that we affectionately term “Reverabilia,” or items made with a reference to Paul Revere. Spanning over a century and ranging from...

The Fashionable Reveres?

The Fashionable Reveres? By: Katie Burke   Visitors at the Paul Revere House often ask us to identify objects they see around the home and to describe what they were used for. Some of the objects are easily defined, as there are similar items in use today, and...

Summer Weather In Colonial Boston

Summer Weather In Colonial Boston By: Mehitabel Glenhaber   In the summer months, especially on a 95-degree day like we’ve been having a lot of this year, visitors to the Revere house often ask, “Wouldn’t they have been hot?” How did people in colonial...