In 1954, during a legal battle over her right to perform in Boston, actress and singer Christine Jorgensen visited the Paul Revere House. This episode’s guest, Mehitabel Glenhaber, wrote a Revere House Gazette article about these events. Interpreter Cal shares how her training as a historical archaeologist informs how she answers her favorite visitor questions.

• Photo: Christine Jorgenson walking into Paul Revere's home
• Photo: Christine Jorgenson outside Boston Information center
• Photo: Christine Jorgenson inside Paul Revere's house, kneeling beside a rocking cradle
• Book: Christine Jorgensen, a Personal Autobiography by Christine Jorgensen
• Information on Paul Revere House membership and Gazette subscription
• Information on archeological work done at the Paul Revere House, 1980s-2010s
• Book: Purchasing Identity in the Atlantic World: Massachusetts Merchants, 1670-1780 by Phyllis Whitman Hunter

https://www.paulreverehouse.org/

On select Saturdays, visitors get to interact with Paul Revere himself, as portrayed by Mike LePage. In this episode, Mike shares his experiences in the world of historical reenacting. Interpreter Adam is the guest on Our Favorite Questions.

• Upcoming Paul Revere House events, including visits with Paul Revere
• Book: Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer
• Book: A True Republican: The Life of Paul Revere by Jayne E. Triber
• Book: Johnny Tremain: a story of Boston in Revolt by Esther Forbes
• Winslow House Museum
• Adams National Historic Park
• Book: Midnight Ride, Industrial Dawn: Paul Revere and the Growth of American Enterprise by Robert Martello

https://www.paulreverehouse.org/

On September 16, 1774, Paul Revere delivered the Suffolk Resolves to the delegates at the First Continental Congress, held at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia. This episode’s guest is Michael Norris, Executive Director of Carpenters’ Hall, which is now a historic site. We’ll also hear a second excerpt from the Suffolk Resolves and hear from interpreter Cadee in Our Favorite Questions.

• Carpenters’ Hall
• The Suffolk Resolves full text, from the Massachusetts Historical Society
• John Adams’s “Sinful Feast” journal entry (about ⅓ down the page, Septr. 8.)

https://www.paulreverehouse.org/