Category: American Revolution
By Mark Hurwitz
John Hooton, Jr., owner of pew #17, was born September 4, 1754 in Boston. He served as Junior Warden of Christ Church (Old…
Welcome to Episode 5 of “99% Sure”, a video series where we take a deeper dive into the history, people, and events that made Old North the…
Welcome to Episode 2 of “99% Sure”, a video series where we take a deeper dive into the history, people, and events that made Old North the…
By Erin Wederbrook Yuskaitis
Has it been awhile since your high school history classes? Have you been watching too many…
We’re excited to launch today a new web series, “99% Sure” all about the history, people, and events that made Old North the legendary…
Q&A with Christian Di Spigna, author of Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, The American Revolution’s Lost…
By Hugh Evans
Regulars of the British army occupied Boston in 1768 ostensibly to enforce the Townshend Acts, passed the previous year by…
By Hugh Evans
On New Years Day of 1762 or ’63, young apprentice shoemaker George Robert Twelves Hewes called upon the gentleman John…
By Nicole Breault
In July 1765, Constable Isaac Townsend sat quietly at the door of his watch house, listening to sounds of Boston’s North End.…
By Catherine Matthews
Twenty-two years before he wrote “Paul Revere’s Ride,” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned an article for the July 1838…