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We Were Always Here LGBTQ+ History and Colonial America Watch Video Join two esteemed scholars as we illuminate LGBTQ+ history through the prism of Colonial America, bring to life individuals whose contributions shaped the new nation, illustrate what life was like for those who lived outside of gender and sexual norms in the era, and […]

Piracy and Liberty by the Sea Give Me Freedom or Give Me the Rope Watch Video AarrRRRRRRRR you ready for “Talk Like a Pirate Day?” Join Revolutionary Spaces and three swashbuckling experts on the struggle for freedom and equality in the pirate and maritime community. Featuring Stephen O’Neill of the Hanover Historical Society, Dr. Megan Victor from Queens College-CUNY, and […]

Benjamin Franklin, Rattlesnakes & Pepe the Frog Memes in American Politics WATCH VIDEO Memes-images that spread quickly through large groups-are a central part of internet culture.  Not only have they have been instrumental in the rise of social media, they also have had a major influence on American political discourse. According to leading media expert […]

In Dependence: Women and the Patriarchal State in Revolutionary America Book Launch Registration for this program is now closed. Join Revolutionary Spaces on Friday, May 19 at the Old State House for a discussion with Dr. Jacqueline Beatty of York College to mark the publication of her groundbreaking new book, In Dependence: Women and the […]

A Community Reading of William Apess’s Eulogy on King Philip (Metacom) Watch Video Why is it that historic figures such as Samuel Adams, James Otis, and John Hancock are remembered as heroes, yet Metacom-the Wampanoag leader whom the English called King Philip-is virtually unknown? The year 2025 will mark the 350th anniversary of the devastating […]

Polly Sumner Witness to the Boston Tea Party Book Launch Registration for this program is now closed. Can a fashion doll from England find friendship and happiness in colonial America? Revolutionary Spaces is honored to host the Polly Sumner: Witness to the Boston Tea Party Book Launch on Wednesday, April 19 at the Old South […]

Political Violence From the Boston Massacre to Today Watch Video The Boston Massacre is most often thought of as a turning point on the road to the American Revolution. On that cold and moonlit night in March 1770, British soldiers fired on and killed five men outside the Old State House after a confrontation in […]

Beyond the Revolution Tour Boston’s Most Historic Moments Request a Group Visit Boston is known for its role in the American Revolution, but there’s so much more to the story! Join Revolutionary Spaces on a compelling new walking tour that explores Boston’s enduring role in the American story from its founding to the present. Beyond […]

Blues: Harpsichord, or Boston Massacre Watch Video We think of the Boston Massacre as the start of the American Revolution. In Jeffers’s hands, it becomes a moment to call out the hypocrisy of white colonists in comfortable circumstances who protested their “enslavement” by the British even as they held Blacks in bondage. The poem also […]

Imagining the Age of Phillis The Visionary Poetry of Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Watch Video For many, Phillis Wheatley Peters is well known as a poet, but not as a woman. She is mainly remembered as a literary prodigy and enslaved girl in 18th century Boston who became the first African American woman to publish a book […]