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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Meet Polly: The Polly Sumner Doll Reproduction Project, Part 1
In early 2022, Revolutionary Spaces received a generous gift from Rick Wiggin, former Executive Director of the Bostonian Society, to create a reproduction of the Polly Sumner doll.
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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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Abolitionist Petitioning and the Gag Rule
While petitions played an important role in the abolitionist movement, the Gag Rules of the 19th century and free speech debates in the 20th century have only diminished their power further. How did our nation’s petitioning culture change so radically?
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Petitions
Members of our staff debate a fundamental question about the process of petitioning: Do petitions still have an important role to play in our democracy today?
The Boston Massacre and Modern Police Violence
The most famous incident of gun violence in American history is undoubtedly the Boston Massacre. But violence perpetrated by the state didn’t end with British rule; we are all too familiar with it in the 21st century.
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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.
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The Massachusetts State House “Sacred Cod”
Despite its relative obscurity, the “Sacred Cod” that hangs in the Chamber of the House of Representatives in the Massachusetts State House has served a valuable purpose for legislators for over two hundred years.
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