NEMPAC’s Exec Director Becca Griffin and a Piano Student
Event Organizer Anne Marie Pistorio Explains the Cyrus Dallin Banners
Christine Sharbrough and Aimee Taberner, Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum
NEMPAC’s Christopher Schroder and Jeremy Sarzana
Mayor Menino Presents Declaration to Dallin’s Granddaughters Jean and Judith, joined by Paul Revere, Jr., Museum Founder James McGough and Councilor LaMattina
Three Generations of Paul Revere Jr, III and IV (and a guy with a hat)
North End’s State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz
Cyrus E. Dallin’s Paul Revere Statue
Four generations of the Dallin family standing in front of Cyrus Dallin’s Paul Revere! Dallin’s granddaughters are in the center of the group – Jean Dallin Doherty (green jacket) and Judith Dallin Cutts to her left.
(L-R) Rev. Stephen Ayers, Paul Revere Jr. and Christine Sharbrough
Cyrus Dallin’s Paul Revere Statue and The Prado
Nina Zannieri, Exec. Dir. of the Paul Revere Memorial Association – “Paul Revere – The Man Behind the Myth”
Dallin Family Members Accept the Declaration from Mayor Menino with Paul Revere, Jr. Councilor Sal LaMattina and David Kubiak
Mayor Menino with Emma, Maya and Griffin
Before the Prado 1917
(L-R) Old North Church Vicar Steve Ayers, Councilor Sal LaMattina, Mayor Tom Menino, Paul Revere Jr, Rep. Aaron Michlewitz and St Stephens Church Fr. Vincent Daily
The Prado – General Plan Banner
Michael, Michele, Jim and Stephanie from NEWRA and Friends of the Prado
Paul Revere Jr., President, Paul Revere Memorial Association
Paul Revere Jr., President, Paul Revere Memorial Association, Speaks on the Prado
(L-R) Old North Church Vicar Steve Ayers, Councilor Sal LaMattina, Mayor Tom Menino, Paul Revere Jr, Rep. Aaron Michlewitz and St Stephens Church Fr. Vincent Daily
Event Organizers and Participants
NEMPAC Performs “America” with Jeremy Sarzana on Guitar
Gino and his wife on the Prado
Dallin Family Members Accept the Declaration from Mayor Menino with Paul Revere, Jr. Councilor Sal LaMattina and David Kubiak (1)
Councilor Sal LaMattina Speaks at the Cyrus Dallin Event
NEMPAC and Eliot School Students Emma Burgueno, Maya Sen-Jennings and Griffin Black read Longfellow’s 1860 “Paul Revere Ride”
Organizing Committee and Participants
September 12, 1940 Dedication of the Paul Revere Statue on the Prado – Banner
Cyrus E. Dallin’s Paul Revere Statue with Old North in Background
Nina Zannieri, Exec. Dir. of the Paul Revere House Interrupted by a British Soldier
Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum
Four Generations of the Dallin Family in front of Paul Revere Statue
Hanover St Banner – The Prado in the LIfe of the Community
Father Vincent Daily, St. Stephen’s Church Gives the Benediction
James Pasto, Phylis Vitti and Alex Goldfeld, North End Historical Society
Joey Griffith, Eliot School 6th Grader, sings the National Anthem
NEMPAC and Eliot School Students Emma Burgueno, Maya Sen-Jennings and Griffin Black read Longfellow’s 1860 “Paul Revere Ride” (1)
Anne Marie Pistorio and DJ Sal Bartolo
City Playground 1928
(L-R) Rev. Stephen Ayers, City Councilor Sal LaMattina, Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Jean Dallin Doherty, Paul Revere Jr., Judith Dallin Cutts, State Rep. Aaron Michelwitz, Aimee Taberner, James McGough
Event Program
Mayor Menino Reads the Declaration of Cyrus Dallin Day, joined by Event Organizer David Kubiak
Banner Across Hanover Street
Rev. Stephen Ayers, Vicar, Old North Church Gives the Invocation
Paul Revere, Jr. today (Left) and 9 years old at 1940 Statue Dedication (Right)
(L-R) Old North Church Vicar Steve Ayers, Councilor Sal LaMattina, Mayor Tom Menino, Paul Revere Jr, Rep. Aaron Michlewitz and St Stephens Church Fr. Vincent Daily
Recognizing Cyrus E. Dallin
Nina Zannieri and Emily Holmes from the Paul Revere Memorial Association with Costumed Paul Revere
Speaking on the Prado – Paul Revere Jr., President, Paul Revere Memorial Association
Principal, Eliot School, Traci Walker Griffith
“Cyrus Dallin and his Paul Revere – 58 Years of Perseverance” by Aimee Taberner, Co-Chair, Cyrus Dallin Art Museum
NEMPAC’s Sherri Snow and Chris Schroeder on Trumpet
From the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum, Co-Chair Aimee Taberner (right) and Christine Sharbrough
In front, Emma, Maya, Griffin and Joey. In back, Aaron, Steve, Tom, Sal and Paul. (Left to Right)
(L-R) David Kubiak, Michele Brogan, Jim Salini and Stephanie Hogue from NEWRA and FOTP3
Paul Revere Mall 1938
The Paul Revere Mall in Boston’s North End was the sight of an inspiring community celebration on Sunday, April 29, 2012, commemorating the great American sculptor, Cyrus Dallin, his internationally known landmark Paul Revere statue and the Prado park, designed by famed landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff and architect Henry Shepley.
The event comes 72 years after the original unveiling of Dallin’s Paul Revere statue on the Prado and marked by the 150th birthday of the artist. In 1883, Cyrus Dallin entered the competition for an equestrian statue of Paul Revere. He won the competition and received a contract, but four versions of his model were rejected. The fifth version was accepted in 1899, but fundraising problems delayed the project for decades. The full-size statue was unveiled in 1940 in the North End’s Prado, renamed the Paul Revere Mall.
Making the occasion especially special was participation by dozens of family members that descended from artist Cyrus Dallin and Paul Revere, including Cyrus’ granddaughters, Jean and Judith, and Paul Revere Jr., 81 (great-great-great grandson of the colonial hero). In total, there were 25 Dallin family members and three generations of Paul Reveres’ attending the celebration (Jr., III and IV). In 1940, when Dallin’s Paul Revere statue was first unveiled on the Prado, it was a 9 year-old Paul Revere, Jr. that helped pull off the sheet. Jean Dallin-Doherty, 17 years old at the time, was also there with her grandfather, Cyrus.
Mayor Thomas M. Menino declared “Cyrus Dallin Day” and presented a proclamation to the Dallin Family and Art Museum. Several local officials participated in the ceremony including City Councilor Sal LaMattina and State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz. Another special guest was James McGough, founder of the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum in Arlington, Mass.
Representing the bookend churches of the Prado, Rev. Stephen Ayers, Old North Church Vicar, gave the invocation and Fr. Vincent Daily of St. Stephen’s Church, delivered the benediction. NEMPAC instructors and students participated in multiple musical sections through the day, led by Executive Director Rebecca Griffin. Joey Griffith, Eliot School 6th grader, sang the National Anthem and three other Eliot students (Emma Burgueno, Maya Sen-Jennings and Griffin Black) read Longfellows’s famous 1860″Paul Revere Ride.”
The event was organized by many volunteers, led by NEWRA Parks and Open Spaces co-Chairs, David Kubiak and Anne Marie Pistorio, along with Aimee Taberner, co-chair of the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum.
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One Reply to “Community Comes Together to Celebrate Cyrus Dallin, His Iconic Paul Revere Statue and the Prado (Photos)”
Congratulations to the organizers for pulling together this wonderful community event.
Congratulations to the organizers for pulling together this wonderful community event.