In this episode we welcome Sarah McDonough of the Lexington History Museums. We discuss what happened when Paul Revere reached Lexington, some individuals’ stories from that revolutionary moment and that era, and the magic that happens in both costumed interpretation and large reenactments like the ones coming up. In the Our Favorite Questions segment, Revere House interpreter Jay shares some details of 18th-century daily life.

Please note that the episode includes discussion of some of the violent realities of both war and slavery.

• Lexington History Museums
• 1825 book that includes William Munroe’s account
• A History of the Fight at Concord, by Ezra Ripley (Google Books link)
• Dolly Hancock’s account
• “Mark Hung in Chains:” Slavery & Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride” from our Revere Express blog
• Liberty and Servitude at the Hancock-Clarke House
• Patriots’ Day events in Lexington
• April 18th events in Boston and Charlestown

https://www.paulreverehouse.org/

This episode’s guest is Nikki Stewart, Executive Director of Old North Illuminated. She says that Old North Church is famous for just one minute, when Paul Revere’s signal lanterns shone, but there’s a lot more to the church’s long history. Nikki shares information that research has uncovered in the past five years and how it has reshaped their interpretation of the historic site. In the Our Favorite Things segment, interpreters Corbin and Derek talk about historical legends and how people in different eras could have markedly different ways of viewing the world.

• Old North Illuminated
• Hub history podcast
• Play: Revolution’s Edge
• Lanterns and Luminaries event honoring Ken Burns
• 250th events at Old North and beyond
• Upcoming events at the Paul Revere House, including April 18 events
• Dr. Jaimie Crumley on Beulah Speen: “The Social Construction of Race in Early Massachusetts History”
• Dr. Jaimie Crumley’s PRMA lecture "Old England in New England: Contradictions in the History of Boston's Old North Church"

https://www.paulreverehouse.org/

In the kickoff to season 4, we are re-airing excerpts from a five-part series that previous host Robert released in 2020, all about the Midnight Ride. The 250th anniversary of the Midnight Ride is this April 18, so more Ride content is coming soon! In addition, Paul Revere House interpreters Derek and Hann kick off this season’s Our Favorite Questions segment, discussing disease and death in the colonial era, Rachel Revere, and more.

• Revere Express blog post, “Paul Revere’s ‘Other Rides’”
• Midnight Ride information on our new website for students and teachers, including primary sources
• Revere’s report to Jeremy Belknap
• Upcoming events at the Paul Revere House
• Book: Spies, Soldiers, and Saboteurs: Women of the American Revolution, by K.M. Waldvogel

https://www.paulreverehouse.org/