The Revere Express
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250 Years of Independence: The Legacy of Paul Revere
This exhibit was created during the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, to explore how the legacy of one of America's most revered heroes has been interpreted throughout the past two and a half centuries of our country's history. These objects from...
“This day Independency was Declard in Boston”: The 250th Anniversary of July 18, 1776
By: David Gain Happy Independence Day from the Paul Revere House! While we at the museum had a wonderful time marching in this year’s 4th of July parade and watching the evening’s fireworks, as historians we believe the fun has just begun. In particular, we want to...
Exploring the Greenway’s Newest Mural: Rixy’s The Midnight Ride
By: David Gain Over the past couple of months, a lone figure has stood atop an aerial lift in Boston’s Dewey Square. Equipped with cans of spray paint and a vision, Roxbury-born artist Rixy has turned the 76-foot wall on the Greenway into a vibrant symbol of the 250th...
Fact-checking the CIA, or, the myth of “The Mechanics”
By: Tegan Kehoe Several times, I have encountered the idea that Paul Revere was part of a spy ring called “The Mechanics,” and my knee-jerk reaction has always been that that’s wrong. As the Research Director at the Paul Revere House, part of my job is to investigate...
Rachel Revere’s Ring: An Exploration of Early American Jewelry-Making in Boston
By: Isabelle AckermanRachel Revere's ring in the collection of the Paul Revere House. Gift of Rachel Revere Coolidge Kimball. A fascinating piece of jewelry in the collection at the Paul Revere House suggests a number of interesting questions about a larger story of...
Evacuation Day and the Aftermath of the Siege of Boston
By: Mehitabel Glenhaber Evacuation Day, March 17, is such a local holiday that if you live outside of the Boston area, you may have never heard of it, though some other cities, such as New York, also have their own Evacuation Days. Boston’s version of the holiday...
Paul Revere and The American Chorister
By: Mehitabel Glenhaber While Paul Revere is best known as a silversmith, he also created copperplate engravings. Engraving was a way for Revere to secure a second source of income during the economically tumultuous years leading up to the American Revolution, but it...
Reviving The Revere House: An Architectural Viewpoint on the Home’s Restoration
By: Farhat Afzal Over the past three centuries, the Revere house has been occupied by a variety of people from various social classes. A museum since 1908, it is one of the earliest house museums in the country, but the version of the home that visitors see today does...
What’s For Dinner?
By: Katie Burke During the holiday season, food is often on everyone’s minds. Menus are prepared, ingredients are purchased, and baking is done. But what was cooking like in colonial times? Cooking, and eating, were quite different during Revere’s time than today. For...
“Quitting The Male Habit”: Paul Revere, and Deborah Sampson’s Appeal for a Military Pension
By: Mehitabel Glenhaber In 1804, Paul Revere wrote a letter on behalf of his neighbor, advocating for a fellow revolutionary war veteran who lived near him in Sharon, Massachusetts to receive a military pension. The neighbor in question was the now-famous Deborah...