by prhstaff | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog
Nancy Caruso’s North End Legacy By: Nina Zannieri Over the course of the North End’s deep and rich history, women have played a key role in shaping or, in many ways, changing its history. While some of the names are familiar, most are less well known than their male...
by prhstaff | Mar 5, 2021 | Blog
Illuminating the Past: Create Your Own Historic Window Display! By: Kristin Peszka Before electricity, nights were long and dark. While Boston was early to employ rudimentary lighting at main thoroughfares from fire baskets on poles lit by the night watchman,...
by prhstaff | Mar 4, 2021 | Blog
The Revere Family Move: Dramatic Events in Boston’s North End, Winter 1770 By: Emily Holmes The Reveres faced unexpected and disquieting circumstances as they began a new chapter in their lives as property owners in February 1770. Within a month of purchasing their...
by prhstaff | Mar 2, 2021 | Blog
“A Glorious Tribute which Embalms the Dead:” Paul Revere and Henry Pelham’s Boston Massacre By: Nina Rodwin Paul Revere’s engraving of the Boston Massacre is one of the most enduring images of the Revolution. While the work is so well known in America’s...
by prhstaff | Feb 23, 2021 | Blog
Boston Gazette account of Revere’s Illuminated Display, 1771 Transcription NO831. THE Boston-Gazette, AND COUNTRY JOURNAL. ...
by prhstaff | Feb 12, 2021 | Blog
“I will not give you any of my bad feelings if I can help it”: The Life of Maria Revere By: Nina Rodwin Visitors to the Paul Revere House are often overwhelmed by the sheer fact of the Reveres’ large family size, namely that there were sixteen children in all....
