News & Press
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Press Releases
Revolutionary Spaces Mounts New Exhibit Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party opens at the Old State House.
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Revolutionary Spaces Launches Two New Public Walking Tours
Massacre & Memory Tour and Beyond the Revolution Tour taking place daily starting June 16, 2023.
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Book Launch for Polly Sumner: Witness to the Boston Tea Party
Polly Sumner doll will be displayed at Old South Meeting House as part of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.
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Revolutionary Spaces Receives $480,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending
Funding secured in the FY23 Omnibus for Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation at Old South Meeting House.
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Revolutionary Spaces to Receive $1 Million in State Funding
Funding will help Revolutionary Spaces execute ambitious projects at the Old State House and Old South Meeting House.
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Revolutionary Spaces Hosts Follow the Cod on January 11, 2023
Commemorating the 225th anniversary of the transition of Massachusetts government from the Old State House to the current Bulfinch State House on Beacon Street.
Read More Recent Media Coverage
- August 4, 2023 - The Boston Globe: Old South Meeting House receives $480,000 in federal money to fix water damage
- August 4, 2023 - MassLive: Building where Boston Tea Party began to get $480K makeover funded by feds
- August 4, 2023 - boston.com: The Old South Meeting House is getting a glow-up, thanks to federal money
- July 18, 2023 - The Boston Globe: ‘Impassioned Destruction’: Exhibit offers new perspective on Boston Tea Party
- July 4, 2023 - AP: In a polarized US, how to define a patriot increasingly depends on who’s being asked
- July 3, 2023 - The New York Times: Will America Be Ready for Its 250th Birthday?
- July 1, 2023 - Boston Herald: The 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party a key focus during Boston’s Harborfest
- March 5, 2023 - GBH: Boston Recognizes the African and Indigenous heritage of the first person killed in the American Revolution
- January 11, 2023 - The Boston Globe: This Fish Swims Upstream-Sacred Cod is carried once again from Old State House to Beacon Hill
- August 7, 2020 – WBUR: A ‘Touchstone’ For Equality And Racial Justice: Reflecting On Crispus Attucks’ Legacy At Old State House
- July 15, 2020 – The Boston Globe: Founding Fathers increasingly viewed through modern lens in time of racial reckoning
- June 4, 2020 – AP: As nation confronts old demons, a 1770 slaying is recalled
- February 18, 2020 – Boston Neighborhood Network News: How Revolutionary Past Speaks to the Present
- February 16, 2020 – WCVB CityLine – CityLine: Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020: Crispus Attucks, fallen patriot
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