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 | Aug 24, 2021 | Revere House Radio
Revere House Radio What was the weather like in the Colonial period? This episode outlines a handful of extreme weather events Revere experienced, as well as what the weather was like on the day of recording! Read Jeremiah Newland’s poem about the Cape Ann...
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 CDD | Mar 18, 2021 | Revere House Radio
Revere House Radio In this episode we explore what pregnancy and birth may have looked like for Paul’s two wives, Sarah Orne and Rachel Walker. While we don’t sources directly from them describing their experiences, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s book A...
