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“Listen my children and you shall hear,/ Of the midnight ride of…” Dr. Samuel Prescott?

April 25th, 2011, by AAS Intern Susan Lydon

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Each April here at the American Antiquarian Society, our thoughts turn to Patriots’ Day, a holiday which we celebrated last week here in Massachusetts. Patriots’ Day commemorates the famous battles of Lexington and Concord, the battles that started the American Revolution.  We envision minutemen firing muskets on Lexington Green and gun smoke clouding Concord’s North [...]


Much Revere-d

March 18th, 2011, by Jackie Penny

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Past is Present is taking a short break from our series of Adopt-a-Book posts to tell you about our favorite new resource on the AAS website. Some of us at AAS embark upon irrevocable and unusual quests – like creating the “perfect” inventory. While, arguably, it is an impossible task to encompass everyone’s inventory-needs, the [...]


“Listen my children and you will hear …”

May 18th, 2010, by Lauren Hewes

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RevereMassacre

This past April, the state of Massachusetts marked the 235th anniversary of the famous ride of Paul Revere and the start of the American Revolution at the Battles of Lexington & Concord. As you might expect, AAS takes Patriot’s Day (April 19th) seriously. Like most Massachusetts residents, we have the day off (it is a [...]