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Revolutionary Spaces

**Revolutionary Spaces ** connects people to the history and continuing practice of democracy through the intertwined stories of two of the nation’s most iconic sites—Boston’s Old South Meeting House and Old State House. We foster a free and open exchange of ideas, explore history, create gathering places, and preserve and steward historic buildings.

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    Ebenezer Mackintosh, the Gangs of Boston, and Riot in the New World

    Fri, Dec 12, 2014
    Learn how Boston’s 18th-century gangs contributed to the city's well-organized riots and mob actions, from the Stamp Act Riots to the Boston Tea Party. Historian **Matthew Wilding** focuses on the life of well-known radical Patriot Ebenezer Mackintosh as he explores the theme of riot as political expression in colonial Boston.
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  • Loren Spears: A Prism of Information - Indigenous Knowledge and Public History

    Thu, Mar 13, 2014
    Lorén Spears, Narragansett artist, educator, and executive director of the Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum in Rhode Island, one of the oldest tribal museums in the nation, shared her extensive experience teaching the public about Southern New England's Native residents. Through an illustrated lecture, storytelling and song, Spears explained how today's indigenous educators help broaden our understanding of history through collaborations with local historians, oral history projects and performing arts programs.
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  • The Boston Mob Guide: Hit Men, Hoodlums & Hideouts

    Wed, Apr 25, 2012
    The capture of James 'Whitey' Bulger closed an infamous chapter in Boston history. Yet the city's criminal underworld has a long and bloody rap sheet that stretches back to the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Boston journalists Beverly Ford and Stephanie Schorow reveal the real story of the underbelly of Boston through profiles of ruthless gangsters and the backrooms and seedy hangouts where deadly hits and lucrative heists were hatched.
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  • Laurie Crumpacker: Sarah Prince - A Life in Meditations & Letters

    Thu, Feb 6, 2014
    Sarah Prince Gill (1728-1771), daughter of influential Old South Meeting House minister Thomas Prince, kept a spiritual diary for 21 years of her life and maintained a friendship and correspondence with her "dearest Friend" Esther Edwards Burr, daughter of colonial America's famed theologian Jonathan Edwards. Historian and Simmons professor Laurie Crumpacker discussed what the journal and letters reveal about women's roles in the Great Awakening, the astonishing spiritual revival that swept the colony.
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  • Highlights From Joan Gatturna: Petticoats at the Revolution

    Thu, Feb 20, 2014
    Actor and storyteller Joan Gatturna portrays Rachel Revere sharing the story of the Boston Tea Party, the Midnight Ride and the Siege of Boston through the eyes of a woman who kept the home fires burning while her husband fanned the flames of rebellion. Her characterization of Rachel Revere was developed with assistance from the staff of the Paul Revere House.
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  • Meet Meg Muckenhoupt, author of "Boston's Gardens and Green Spaces"

    Wed, Feb 8, 2012
    "Rediscover the city of Boston through its most revered historic parks and explore its ever-expanding network of public spaces as Meg Muckenhoupt, author of *Boston's Gardens and Green Spaces* takes you on a fascinating journey through green Boston, past to present. Presented by the Boston Preservation Alliance, in collaboration with Old South Meeting House, this lecture examines the role of public spaces throughout Boston's historic and contemporary landscape. All nature lovers, gardening enthusiasts, and history buffs should be sure to come along for the ride."
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  • Benjamin Carp: Resolute Men (Dressed as Mohawks)

    Thu, Dec 12, 2013
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  • Karilyn Crockett: Filling in the Gaps - Youth Contributions to the Study of Our History

    Thu, Mar 27, 2014
    In 1995, ethnographic geographer Karilyn Crockett established MYTOWN, Inc.' the Multicultural Youth Tour Of What's Now, a Boston-based nonprofit which offered youth-led, historical walking tours in Boston neighborhoods. Inspired by the connection to place that she had experienced as a young Bostonian with family roots in West Virginia, Crockett partnered with Boston high school students to explore local archives and conduct oral histories, helping the students understand connections between the city's history and their own lives. In this illustrated talk, Crockett shares highlights from her work with youth and the insights that she has gained from these young historians which inform her work today.
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  • The Fife is Right: The 9th Annual Old South History Challenge

    Wed, Apr 2, 2014
    "A pitch-perfect evening of up-tempo trivia, harmonious history, all building up to a crescendo of laughs! Historian and quizmaster Susan Wilson and the Old South Meeting House staff challenge two teams of experts in a live-action game show exploring the musical history of our melodious city. From Beantown-bred singers to songs about the Hub and much more, this year's competition had feet tapping and brains stumped! This isn't your average pub trivia! Our game show provides all the background and information with our answers so that you leave an expert!"
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  • Anthony Sammarco: Lost Boston

    Thu, May 29, 2014
    In 1876 the Old South Meeting House was auctioned off for the value of its parts and was being dismantled when people rallied to save it! But other historic structures in Boston have not fared so well. The original Museum of Fine Arts in Copley Square, John Hancock's Beacon Hill mansion, the Huntington Avenue Grounds and the original Boston Opera House are just a few of the places that have been lost to decline or the wrecker's ball. Discover just how much we have lost when historian Anthony Sammarco takes us on a nostalgic and eye-opening journey to a wide range of Boston places that can no longer be seen.
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