John OverholtApr 21
Looking at the catalog for the Beinecke's #Revolution250 exhibition I am deeply envious to learn of their "Bicentennial Schlock Collection". From the finding aid: "It ranges from paper plates and beer cans to a pair of stuffed mice." https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/3630#
John OverholtApr 20
Harvard is celebrating Patriot’s Day with an all #Revolution250 homepage, including a video about the Dunlap Broadside starring someone you might know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNowPtxWeoY
A New Nation: The Declaration of Independence

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Show threadJohn OverholtApr 18
Paul Revere reenactor stops by Paul Revere Liquor Mart in Somerville, 1977.
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Show threadJohn OverholtApr 18
BPL’s exhibition features a lot of different versions of the Declaration with a little graphic about how rare—or unique—they are. #Revolution250
Show threadJohn OverholtApr 18
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. #Revolution250
Show threadJohn OverholtApr 18
The MHS installation of what I think of as Boston’s “other” Dunlap broadside really brings the drama. (Not pictured, a recording of the text being read aloud.) #Revolution250
Show threadJohn OverholtApr 18
Abigail admonishes John to “remember the ladies.” #Revolution250
Show threadJohn OverholtApr 18
Whereas the Athenaeum has the Washington Library, Mass Historical has the Adams Papers, including his copy of the Treaty of Paris ending the war. #Revolution250
Show threadJohn OverholtApr 18
Both “Easy Plan of Didcipline for a Militia” and “Common Sense” will be in my exhibition, but they won’t be *George Washington’s copies*. Incredible curatorial flex. #Revolution250
Show threadJohn OverholtApr 18
Hard to imagine a more maximally Bostonian place for a #Revolution250 exhibition than the Athenaeum’s sitting room overlooking the Granary Burying Ground.