Raising Voices Festival: A Celebration of Music, Art, and the Power of Protest to Provide a Weekend of Free Music & Arts in Downtown Boston on Sept 23 and 24
Free festival presented by Revolutionary Spaces kicks off 250th Tea Party Commemoration.
Impact of Protest
This issue, our staff took on a question deeply related to our new exhibit and upcoming programs: “How has our idea of protest changed through history? How have these changes impacted history in America?”
Meet Polly: The Polly Sumner Doll Reproduction Project, Part 2
The continued story of the reproduction of the 250-year-old Polly Sumner doll, on display now at the Old South Meeting House.
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Interview with Dr. Jacqueline Beatty
We sat down with Dr. Jacqueline Beatty to talk about her new book “In Dependence: Women and the Patriarchal State in Revolutionary America.”
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Urban Preservation
Is it possible to preserve a historic space within a city? Can you preserve a city in time or does the fluid nature of an urban environment make it impossible to hold in one place?
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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.
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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