Happy 251st anniversary of Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride! Massachusetts Poet Laureate Regie Gibson is the guest in this episode, and we talk about the role of poetry in society and about Paul Revere's life. He shares his poem “Dear Paul Revere, or Forge, Shape, Shine” and we discuss his process for creating this piece that explores what Revere’s legacy means today. To round out the show, high school interns Arabella and Veronica share a bit about what they learned about history.

• Regie's website
• Phillis Wheatley postage stamp
• Just the recording and text of "Dear Paul Revere" by Regie Gibson
• Text of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride”
• A digitized recording of “Paul Revere (Won’t You Ride for Us Again)”

Regie’s recommendations:

• Walt Whitman – Link to online edition of Leaves of Grass
• Doris Kearns Goodwin
• David McCullough
• What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism by Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner

https://www.paulreverehouse.org/

We're starting season five with an interview with R.P. Hale, an educator, craftsman and musician who has worked with the Revere House on special events for several decades. We'll talk instrument making, paper marbling, and printing, and how these and other crafts were interwoven with daily life in the 18th century. In our interpreter segment, Derek and Natalie talk about international trade and religious perspectives in Boston.

• Paul Revere’s engraving showing the obelisk for the Stamp Act repeal celebration
• Internet Archive copy of Paul Revere’s Engravings by Clarence Brigham
• Video presentation commemorating Paul Revere’s Massacre memorial illuminations

https://www.paulreverehouse.org/

We're releasing a new season of Revere House Radio starting in mid-April. Season Five will include six interviews with historians, colleagues from related museums, and more, with discussions ranging from Masonry to Boston's waterfront, textile repair, to harpsichords.

https://www.paulreverehouse.org/