Events are funded in part through generous grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, the Lowell Institute, and the Revere Hotel.
“The Narragansett Pacer: The Finest Riding Horse in 18th-Century New England”
OnlineOnline lecture by Charlotte Carrington-Farmer Professor of History, Roger Williams University Livestream Link Horses first appeared in New England in 1629, when Francis Higginson shipped approximately 25 mares and stallions from Leicestershire, England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Horses were central to survival in terms of work, travel, communication, and leisure. However, for New Englanders, […]
Lace Making Demonstration
The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MAThroughout the 18th century, Ipswich Massachusetts was the largest commercial producer of lace on the North American continent. Continental production became even more important during the years leading up to the American Revolution when provincial citizens began boycotting imported English goods. Lace of all types from simple tapes to lavish and expensive silk trims were made […]
Paper Marbling
The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MASee how colonial craftsmen created eye-catching marbled papers. Watch as R. P. Hale floats pigments in water, swirls the colors, then transfers the designs to paper. It may look like magic but Hale will explain the very real science behind this fascinating phenomenon.
“The Governor, the Sheriff, and the Sawyer: a New Hampshire Perspective on the Coming of the Revolution”
The Commons, Sargent Hall, Suffolk University 120 Tremont Street, Bsoton, MA, United StatesOnline and in-person Kimberly Alexander, Director of Museum Studies & Senior Lecturer History Department, University of New Hampshire, and Peter Flood, author of the 2014 Revere House Gazette article, "A Week in December – Paul Revere’s Secret Mission to New Hampshire." Livestream link Paul Revere made multiple rides to New Hampshire to pass messages between […]