by prhstaff | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog
Washing Day at the Revere House By Alexandra Powell Woman Hanging out LaundryFrom the series of Six Studies of Men and Women (Zes studie-beeltjes, Naer ‘t leeven geteekend door J. Lauwers, en geëtst door J. De Frey)Johannes Pieter de Frey, Dutch, 1770 – 1834. After...
by prhstaff | May 25, 2020 | Blog
Boston Baked Beans: A Case Study in Culinary Tradition By Alexandra Powell During one of the educational programs we offer here at the Revere House, “The Revere Children and the Siege of Boston,” we task students with preparing Paul Revere Jr. for an extended stay...
by prhstaff | May 15, 2020 | Blog
That Old Deluder Satan: Puritan Emphasis on Compulsory Education By Ruaidhrí Crofton By the mid 18th century, Boston had established itself as a significant port within Britain’s North American colonies. As the town’s population reached nearly 15,000, the community...
by prhstaff | May 8, 2020 | Blog
Windows into Daily Life During the British Occupation of Boston Writing from different sides of the conflict, both Sarah Winslow Deming in her journal, and Ann Hulton in her letters, provide windows into daily life in Boston during the periods of British Occupation...
by prhstaff | May 1, 2020 | Blog
Of But Not In: Paul Revere’s Struggles for Leadership and Legitimacy Paul Revere had a chip on his shoulder through his entire life. Time and again, he felt slighted by the American Revolution’s political leaders, and then after its completion, the new United States...
