EPISODE · Apr 8, 2025 · 53 MIN
4.3: “Paul Revere Didn’t Imagine Being in that Situation, Either”: Interview with Sarah McDonough
from Revere House Radio · host The Paul Revere House
In this episode we welcome Sarah McDonough of the Lexington History Museums. We discuss what happened when Paul Revere reached Lexington, some individuals’ stories from that revolutionary moment and that era, and the magic that happens in both costumed interpretation and large reenactments like the ones coming up. In the Our Favorite Questions segment, Revere House interpreter Jay shares some details of 18th-century daily life.Please note that the episode includes discussion of some of the violent realities of both war and slavery. Lexington History Museums1825 book that includes William Munroe’s accountA History of the Fight at Concord, by Ezra Ripley (Google Books link)Dolly Hancock’s account“Mark Hung in Chains:” Slavery & Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride” from our Revere Express blogLiberty and Servitude at the Hancock-Clarke HousePatriots’ Day events in LexingtonApril 18th events in Boston and Charlestownhttps://www.paulreverehouse.org/
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In this episode we welcome Sarah McDonough of the Lexington History Museums. We discuss what happened when Paul Revere reached Lexington, some individuals’ stories from that revolutionary moment and that era, and the magic that happens in both costumed interpretation and large reenactments like the ones coming up. In the Our Favorite Questions segment, Revere House interpreter Jay shares some details of 18th-century daily life. Please note that the episode includes discussion of some of the v...
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