by prhstaff | Dec 30, 2020 | Blog
“The Cabbage Vendor” – an Unexpected Surprise By: Edith Steblecki It’s not every day that someone contacts the Paul Revere Memorial Association and offers to donate a framed painting showing two of our historic homes- the Revere and Pierce/Hichborn...
by prhstaff | Aug 22, 2020 | Blog
Onesimus Mather and the Origins of Inoculation in Boston By: Rowan Wheeler In 1721, Boston was in the middle of a mass exodus. That summer, hundreds of Bostonians fled to smaller villages and towns to escape the threat of smallpox. That year’s pandemic would wipe out...
by prhstaff | Jun 15, 2020 | Blog
“Horrid Scenes of Villainy”: The Stamp Act Protest of August 1765 By Nina Rodwin August 14, 1765, most likely began as a typical day for Paul Revere. As he went about the day’s work at his silversmith shop on Clark’s Wharf, Revere was probably unaware that a...
by prhstaff | May 29, 2020 | Blog
One Square, Five Centuries: An Introduction to the History of North Square By Robert Shimp During the Paul Revere House’s temporary closure, the exteriors of the Revere House, the Pierce/Hichborn House, as well as the immediate environs of North Square, present great...
by prhstaff | May 15, 2020 | Blog
That Old Deluder Satan: Puritan Emphasis on Compulsory Education By Ruaidhrà 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...
