by CDD | Dec 8, 2020 | Revere House Radio
Revere House Radio It is taken for granted today that we should preserve and protect the Paul Revere House, but it hasn’t always been this way! What motivated the restoration and preservation of the house? What was the neighborhood like when the museum opened in...
by CDD | Oct 20, 2020 | Revere House Radio
Revere House Radio Did you know the last name ‘Revere’ was an altered name that Paul Revere’s father created after immigrating to America? Learn more about his experience as an immigrant in 18th century Boston, and how Paul Revere himself kept in...
by CDD | Oct 3, 2020 | Revere House Radio
Revere House Radio Paul Revere’s 15 year old son was asked to stay behind in Boston while his family evacuated to Watertown from 1775-March of 1776, while the town was under a siege. We don’t know a lot about Paul’s life during this time, but there...
by prhstaff | Sep 19, 2020 | Blog
Wait, Did You Say 16 Kids? By: Rachel Mead Visitors to the Paul Revere House are often amazed to learn that Paul Revere had 16 children. No, that is not a typo. He married his first wife, Sarah Orne, on August 17, 1757 when he was 22 and she was 21. They started...
by prhstaff | Sep 5, 2020 | Blog
“Not in His Right Mind”: Paul Revere and Mental Illness in the Early Republic By: Nina Rodwin In May 1788, Paul Revere’s 22-year-old daughter Frances married silversmith Thomas Eayres. Revere encouraged the couple to start their lives in Worcester, sensing that...
