by prhstaff | Nov 23, 2024 | Blog
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...
by prhstaff | Jun 27, 2024 | Blog
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...
by prhstaff | Apr 30, 2024 | Blog
Mourning, Mementos and the Marketplace: Paul Revere and the New England Funeral By: Jay Shanahan If you were to visit the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston today, just across from Gilbert Stuart’s portrait depicting Revere in his old age is a small gold ring....
by prhstaff | May 21, 2021 | Blog
Whose Common: 1750-1850 While COVID-19 has forced many operational shifts at the Paul Revere House, I am happy to report that our internship program still continues on strong, albeit in a virtual format. What follows is the tremendous work done by Fahim Rahim, our...
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...