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 CDD | Feb 22, 2021 | Revere House Radio
Revere House Radio This episode contains a description of death of a child. On February 22, 1770, an 11 year old boy was shot and killed in the North End of Boston. What was the source of this violence, and what were its consequences? And, one year later, how did Paul...
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....
by prhstaff | Feb 5, 2021 | Blog
Paul Revere’s Midnight Rides By Evan O’Connor One of the questions visitors often ask at the Paul Revere House is how much of the Midnight Ride is fact versus fiction, and how we can be certain about the Ride’s specific details. It is a good question since...
by prhstaff | Jan 28, 2021 | Blog
An Introduction to Education in Early Massachusetts By Edward S. Gault English Puritans settled the town of Boston in 1630 on the Shawmut Peninsula, the traditional and historic land lived on and used by the Massachusett people. The Puritans established their...
by prhstaff | Dec 30, 2020 | Blog
“The Cabbage Vendor” – an Unexpected Surprise By: Edith Steblecki It’s not every day that someone contacts the Paul Revere Memorial Association and offers to donate a framed painting showing two of our historic homes- the Revere and Pierce/Hichborn...
by prhstaff | Dec 29, 2020 | Blog
Traditions of the Season: Rachel Revere’s Kitchen By: Emily Holmes Welcome to Rachel Revere’s “modern” kitchen! The kitchen space in this 1680 home was originally down in the basement level. When Paul Revere bought this property in 1770 his wife Sarah and their...
by prhstaff | Dec 23, 2020 | Blog
Virtual Traditions of the Season at the Paul Revere House Recipes By: Nina Zannieri These recipes come by popular request out of our recent virtual holiday program, made possible by the generous support from and sponsorship by the Paul Revere Chapter, NSDAR. These...
