Events are funded in part through generous grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, the Lowell Institute, Hub Town Tours, and the Revere Hotel.
Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride
The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MAWhat really happened on the night of April 18, 1775 and how did Paul Revere become part of our American mythology? Hear the real story from one of our experienced staff people during these drop-in talks.
Colonial Weaving Demonstration
The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MATalented fiber artist, Zoe Lawson, demonstrates the art of creating cloth by hand and simple machines. Practice weaving on the small looms provided.
Colonial Dance Tunes And Love Songs
The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MAIn the guise of itinerant musicians, Al Petty & Deirdre Sweeney perform popular 18th-century tunes such as “Mr. Isaac’s Maggot” and “Jack’s Health” on the penny whistle, flute, fife, & other instruments.
“Puritans” and Others in 17th-Century Boston
The Commons, Sargent Hall, Suffolk University 120 Tremont Street, Bsoton, MA, United StatesProf. David Hall, Bartlett Professor of New England Church History Emeritus, Harvard Divinity School. Professor Hall will show how the diaries of people such as Samuel Sewall and Cotton Mather along with the notebooks of John Hull, help us understand how early Boston functioned. These sources illuminate how puritans led their lives and how others […]