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.
Colonial Dance Tunes and Love Songs
The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MA1:00 - 3:00 In 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.
Hammered Dulcimer Concert
The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MA1:00 - 3:00 Award-winning musician Dave Neiman plays jigs, reels, and Baroque and Renaissance tunes that Paul Revere and his family may have enjoyed.
The Tailor’s Craft
The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MA1:00 - 3:00 Clothing historian Henry Cooke takes on the role of an early Boston tailor. Watch as he “takes the measure” of visitors, then sits cross-legged, fashioning waistcoats from luxurious fabrics and “slops” from coarse weaves.
“‘To Begin the World over Again’: Revolutionary Rights”
The Commons, Sargent Hall, Suffolk University 120 Tremont Street, Bsoton, MA, United StatesProf. Janet Polasky, Presidential Professor of History, University of New Hampshire Explore how these reverberations of American claims to their revolutionary rights influence our understanding of liberty and equality from the eighteenth century to the present throughout the Atlantic world.