“He was a fan!” today’s guest says about Paul Revere’s relationship to Freemasonry. Hilary Anderson Stelling is the Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library in Lexington, MA. We discuss Freemasonry in Revere’s life and in the Revolution, silver and paper objects Revere made for a number of lodges, and how Revere shows up in all kinds of other objects. Additionally, interpreters Derek and Kathryn talk about the novel Johnny Tremain, which was written by a biographer of Paul Revere and was the inspiration for a Disney movie and part of the inspiration for Liberty Square in the Disney parks.

• Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library
• An example of the jewels we discuss
• A second example
• The Masonic summons we discuss
• The can of tomatoes
• The matchbox
• There are a number of editions of Johnny Tremain and Forbes’s biography of Revere on the Internet Archive, and we also sell them in our gift shop.

https://www.paulreverehouse.org/

The North End is geographically one of the smallest neighborhoods in Boston, but it has a big personality. Dr. Jessica Dello Russo is a native North Ender and therefore a neighbor of the Paul Revere House. In today’s episode, she discusses her experiences seeing the neighborhood change over the decades, her background as an archaeologist, and history shared by the North End Historical Society. To close out the show, high school interns Erin and Elena talk about the perspectives they gained by spending a week learning about the Paul Revere House.

• The North End neighborhood on Google maps
• St. Leonard’s Church virtual tour. Created by the church, this tour has information about the religious meaning of visual elements in the space, but it is also a good visual resource for people who have not been inside a church like this one.
• North End Historical Society
• Streaming film “Boston’s North End: An Italian American Story”
• Mr. Revere and I by Robert Lawson on The Internet Archive

https://www.paulreverehouse.org/

Genna Kane, a former Paul Revere House interpreter, shares stories and analysis from her dissertation research on the history of Boston’s waterfront. We are only a few blocks from the harbor at the Paul Revere House, and many people describe the North End and Waterfront neighborhoods as one. In the interview, we get into changing commercial and industrial functions, sea level rise, the creation of waterfront parks, and more. At the close of the show, high school interns Keyana and Maddie share a bit about their internship project and what they learned about museums.

• Map of Boston in 1722 by John Bonner in the Massachusetts Historical Society
• Boston Green Ribbon Commission
• North End / Waterfront Climate Alliance
• 1876 lithograph of a ship leaving Cunard Wharf in 1844 using the canal cut in the ice.
• India Wharf Bulfinch warehouse as photographed in 1903
• c. 1927 photo of bathers at North End Beach
• Virtual exhibit created by our 2025 high school interns

https://www.paulreverehouse.org/