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Revolutionary Spaces installs short film in an effort to commemorate Indigenous survival and resistance to erasure: Bounty.
An Evening with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Thursday, April 17, 2025 REGISTER Revolutionary Spaces is pleased to be partnering with the Supreme Court Historical Society for the premiere Boston screening of the Society’s film on the life and times of Boston’s own Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., acclaimed jurist, scholar, and Civil War veteran. Originally performed […]
Director of Museum Operations & Experience Lou Rocco explores the anti-busing movement’s use of Revolutionary Boston history.
Politics IRL: Debating the Legal Voting Age Wednesday, February 26, 2025 WATCH RECORDING Come bear witness and join the fray at this special mid-day program, Politics IRL: Debating the Legal Voting Age. Gen Z voters will take the stage at Boston’s longtime bastion of free speech and civic action, the Old South Meeting House, as […]
Democracy Now:A Panel Discussion Tuesday, February 11, 2025 WATCH RECORDING What does active citizenship in a democracy look like? How do we prepare ourselves for the challenges that our democracy will face? How do we reform our democracy so that it serves all of its constituents? Join Revolutionary Spaces and The Humanities Workshop for Democracy […]
Holiday History Teatime Wednesday, December 11, 2024 REGISTER Join us for a festive evening of tea, history, and community at the historic Old South Meeting House! This holiday teatime invites Board members, staff, and members of the Revolutionary Spaces community to gather in celebration of the season with warm drinks, sweet and savory tea-time snacks, […]
Revolutionary Spaces interviews the Upstander Project team about their film Bounty, which follows Penobscot families as they read a scalp bounty that was signed in the Old State House.
Bounty “We are citizens of the Penobscot Nation. Together we bring our families to Boston to read our ancestors’ death warrant.” Get Tickets About the Film In Bounty, Penobscot parents and children resist erasure and commemorate survival by reading and reacting to one of the dozens of government-issued bounty proclamations that motivated colonial settlers to […]
Coercion, Conflict, and Consensus Revolution is Brewing (Anew!) in Boston Wednesday, May 15, 2024 REGISTER In the wake of the Boston Tea Party, the British government in 1774 sought to rein in Massachusetts colonists with a series of harsh laws that closed Boston’s port and severely limited the right to representative government and due process […]
Expanding the Franchise Under-18 Voting Rights Postponed: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 JOIN EMAIL LIST FOR UPDATES Voting is one of the most powerful ways to influence the trajectory of the nation. But those with the greatest stake in that future-the youth of America-lack access to the ballot under the age of 18. Join us on […]