With the risk of endless photos and an entire day wearing a Tim Tebow jersey, how will Paul Revere ever live it down? Boston City Hall put out a release detailing the terms of a “friendly wager” between Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on this Saturday’s playoff football game between Read More…
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“Boston Bronze & Stone Speak To Us,” New Monument Book by Joseph R. Gallo Jr.
“Boston Bronze and Stone” by Joseph R. Gallo, Jr.Joe Gallo alerts us to his newest book, “Boston Bronze & Stone Speak to Us,” a guidebook to the bronze and stone monuments throughout the City of Boston. In the North End / Waterfront, we immediately recognize “Dolphins of the Sea” by Katherine Lane Weems and “Paul Read More…
Hearing Bells at Old South Meeting House
Church bells were ringing throughout the city today as the Old South Meeting House gets one of the 46 “Revere Bells.” The site where the Boston Tea Party was launched in 1773 will receive a bell made at Paul Revere’s foundry made in 1801. The house already houses an original 1766 clock but has Read More…
Vicar Tells All: Sarah Palin’s History Flub, and How It Happened
Originally published in the Old North Church parish e-newsletter and posted here with permission. Vicar tells all: Sarah Palin’s history flub, and how it happened By Stephen T. Ayers Here is the inside scoop on the Boston history massacre. I had carefully set aside last Thursday to work on the sermon to be delivered at Read More…
More Last Words on Sarah Palin’s Paul Revere
In the North End story that went national and lingers on (and on), there are two new pieces out. The first is from Old North Church Vicar Stephen T. Ayres in the Boston Herald. Rev. Ayres says he explained to Palin immediately before her now famous comments, “how Revere founded the church’s bell-ringing guild in Read More…
Sarah Palin Brings New Life to the Story of Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride
Who would have thought that Sarah Palin would bring so much attention to the history of Paul Revere’s midnight ride with a comment made at the North End’s A. Parziale & Sons Italian bakery? A week after her visit to the North End, the story continues to gain national exposure with a piece in today’s Read More…
Hanover Street Featured on WCVB TV 5’s Chronicle HD: Part 1 – History
WCVB TV 5’s Chronicle covers the past and present of Hanover Street in an episode that aired on May 10, 2011. The promo description for the piece: Boston’s Hanover Street: it’s North End nightlife, Hub history and unique characters all mixed together on one very intriguing thoroughfare. Tonight, Anthony Everett eavesdrops on the local gossip Read More…
Patriot’s Day Parade, Re-enactment & Wreath Laying in the North End
The Patriot’s Day 2011 Parade came to the Paul Revere Mall (Prado) in the North End where a re-enactment was held of Paul Revere’s midnight ride on April 18, 1775. This year’s rider was from the Massachusetts National Lancers is MSG. Paul Tobin as Paul Revere. After the re-enactment, a wreath was laid at the Read More…
