The exquisite coffee pot was made about 250 years ago, crafted out of 40 ounces of silver, formed and engraved by the finest silversmith in the American colonies. It is a foot tall. It has a pine cone ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Two lanterns were hung in Boston’s Old North Church steeple 250 years ago, triggering the ...
“Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” Revere was brave. Revere was fast. Revere was afraid America’s fight for independence wouldn’t last. He tried to save his ...
Cheering crowds lined the streets in Boston and Lexington Friday night to welcome Paul Revere and the dawn of a rebellion that would change the world. The 250th reenactment of the patriot's famous ...
Centuries-old angels uncovered at Boston church made famous by Paul Revere A popular stop for tourists visiting Boston's North End, the Old North Church is best known for the two lanterns hung from ...
It’s an image many Americans have of the revolutionary figure, Paul Revere: a man in a tricorne hat racing through the streets on a horse and yelling, “The British are coming!” But this image of ...
Paul Revere’s most famous piece of war propaganda was his engraving of the Boston Massacre. However, it is commonly believed that Revere based his work on Henry Pelham’s illustration. This is a web ...
LEXINGTON, MA ‒ Everyone knows the story. At least, a version of it. Sitting cross-legged on matted classroom rugs, elementary school students each year are read the famous opening lines of Henry ...
Hours before the first shots of the American Revolution rang out, 700 British soldiers stationed in Boston mobilized under cover of darkness, hoping to stop the war in its tracks. After overpowering a ...
BOSTON - Straddling the scaffolding high up in a historic Boston church, murals conservator Gianfranco Pocobene is working to uncover eight angels that were hidden under layers of paint for more than ...