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  1. A story about craftspeople working on Revolutionary War era items to replicate or repair.

    I'm glad the work is underway and we get to see it. But my enthusiasm for this anniversary is so different than 1976. I'm not enjoying the shredding of the Constitution and the attacks on our neighbors in this round.

    #GiftArticle #Rev250

    nytimes.com/2026/06/16/travel/

  2. A story about craftspeople working on Revolutionary War era items to replicate or repair.

    I'm glad the work is underway and we get to see it. But my enthusiasm for this anniversary is so different than 1976. I'm not enjoying the shredding of the Constitution and the attacks on our neighbors in this round.

    #GiftArticle #Rev250

    nytimes.com/2026/06/16/travel/

  3. So I was looking up Stephen Hopkins, as I don't know #RhodeIsland history as well.

    I found this on his grave and enjoyed knowing about it.

    “Here lies the man in fateful hour,
    Who boldly stemm’d tyrannic pow’r,
    And held his hand in the decree,
    which bade America BE FREE!

    2/2 #Rev250

    dsdi1776.com/signer/stephen-ho

  4. So I was looking up Stephen Hopkins, as I don't know #RhodeIsland history as well.

    I found this on his grave and enjoyed knowing about it.

    “Here lies the man in fateful hour,
    Who boldly stemm’d tyrannic pow’r,
    And held his hand in the decree,
    which bade America BE FREE!

    2/2 #Rev250

    dsdi1776.com/signer/stephen-ho

  5. I spent part of yesterday assessing the lace in the #RhodeIsland Historical Society collection on a baby cap reported to belong to a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Stephen Hopkins.

    Look at the cartridge pleats on this teeny cap!

    #Rev250 #BobbinLace

    1/n

  6. I spent part of yesterday assessing the lace in the #RhodeIsland Historical Society collection on a baby cap reported to belong to a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Stephen Hopkins.

    Look at the cartridge pleats on this teeny cap!

    #Rev250 #BobbinLace

    1/n

  7. Me evangelizing about the amazing women who made #IpswichLace at a #Rev250 event in #SudburyMA.

    My colleague helps someone complete the "catch-of-the-day" beginner piece of bobbin lace.

    #BobbinLace

  8. Me evangelizing about the amazing women who made #IpswichLace at a #Rev250 event in #SudburyMA.

    My colleague helps someone complete the "catch-of-the-day" beginner piece of bobbin lace.

    #BobbinLace

  9. #WIPWednesday I was about to say that I just cleared off the pillow for our upcoming lace retreat--we are doing "early lace" samplers and I'm psyched for that.

    But I do, of course, have more pillows... And this one is the one I use to demonstrate Ipswich lace. Our lace group is doing a Revolution 250 event in Sudbury MA on the town common this weekend.

    sudburyma.my.canva.site/sudbur

    #BobbinLace #IpswichLace #Rev250

  10. #WIPWednesday I was about to say that I just cleared off the pillow for our upcoming lace retreat--we are doing "early lace" samplers and I'm psyched for that.

    But I do, of course, have more pillows... And this one is the one I use to demonstrate Ipswich lace. Our lace group is doing a Revolution 250 event in Sudbury MA on the town common this weekend.

    sudburyma.my.canva.site/sudbur

    #BobbinLace #IpswichLace #Rev250

  11. Our #lace group will be demonstrating at the #SudburyMA #Rev250 events that are coming up.

    Details of their day of celebration are here.

    sudbury.ma.us/sudbury250/2026/

  12. Our #lace group will be demonstrating at the #SudburyMA #Rev250 events that are coming up.

    Details of their day of celebration are here.

    sudbury.ma.us/sudbury250/2026/

  13. Just got a newsletter from the Old North Church and it links to an article about the steeple falling in #HurricaneCarol 1954.

    They found movie footage of it falling.

    But I also thought about how visible it was from the harbor...

    #PaulRevere #Rev250

    masslive.com/boston/2026/03/ex

  14. Just got a newsletter from the Old North Church and it links to an article about the steeple falling in #HurricaneCarol 1954.

    They found movie footage of it falling.

    But I also thought about how visible it was from the harbor...

    #PaulRevere #Rev250

    masslive.com/boston/2026/03/ex

  15. The web article that accompanies our Piecework magazine article is available. We talk about our #Rev250 event last spring with the tale of the Revolutionary lacemakers.

    #BobbinLace #IpswichLace #Massachusetts250

    pieceworkmagazine.com/lace-liv

  16. The web article that accompanies our Piecework magazine article is available. We talk about our #Rev250 event last spring with the tale of the Revolutionary lacemakers.

    #BobbinLace #IpswichLace #Massachusetts250

    pieceworkmagazine.com/lace-liv

  17. I have an article coming out in the spring issue of Piecework Magazine. It's about #IpswichLace and it has stories of the women we are researching who made or used the lace.

    The issue has a #Rev250 theme. Another article is about Abigail Adams and the accompanying pattern is a needlepoint of her house and a phrase:
    To be Good
    and
    To do Good

    I gasped when I saw it and thought of #ReneeNicoleGood . Patriots--the real kind.

    #BobbinLace #embroidery

  18. I have an article coming out in the spring issue of Piecework Magazine. It's about #IpswichLace and it has stories of the women we are researching who made or used the lace.

    The issue has a #Rev250 theme. Another article is about Abigail Adams and the accompanying pattern is a needlepoint of her house and a phrase:
    To be Good
    and
    To do Good

    I gasped when I saw it and thought of #ReneeNicoleGood . Patriots--the real kind.

    #BobbinLace #embroidery

  19. I found the official pumpkin when I was looking for our event about the next 250 years of #Boston.

    Inspired by the talk of #Rev250, we wondered what the next 250 might be like. We have a panel, including the archivist for #SomervilleMA who is my friend.

    thebostoncalendar.com/events/b

  20. I found the official pumpkin when I was looking for our event about the next 250 years of #Boston.

    Inspired by the talk of #Rev250, we wondered what the next 250 might be like. We have a panel, including the archivist for #SomervilleMA who is my friend.

    thebostoncalendar.com/events/b

  21. CW: Okay, fine, one uspol

    Y'all know that the American Revolution was political violence, right?

    #Rev250

  22. CW: Okay, fine, one uspol

    Y'all know that the American Revolution was political violence, right?

    #Rev250

  23. After a very hectic #Rev250 commitment schedule for April and May, I can finally get back to my own projects. I bought pre-tariff yarn for this, but it was waiting in the shadows....

    For #WIPWednesday I have made my first "big" #BobbinLace. It's just a swatch now, I needed to feel how the yarn behaved. It's going to get bigger. I have a massive roller pillow to use for it.

    It's a 300% sized #IpswichLace pattern.

  24. After a very hectic #Rev250 commitment schedule for April and May, I can finally get back to my own projects. I bought pre-tariff yarn for this, but it was waiting in the shadows....

    For #WIPWednesday I have made my first "big" #BobbinLace. It's just a swatch now, I needed to feel how the yarn behaved. It's going to get bigger. I have a massive roller pillow to use for it.

    It's a 300% sized #IpswichLace pattern.

  25. Trying this again, as I was thwarted by autocorrect.

    #Caturday in #LexingtonMA for #Rev250.

    That's the Buckman Tavern in the back, where wounded were taken after the first shots were fired on the Lexington Battle Green across the street.

    The #LexSeeHer monument in Lexington lexseeher.com/monument

  26. Trying this again, as I was thwarted by autocorrect.

    #Caturday in #LexingtonMA for #Rev250.

    That's the Buckman Tavern in the back, where wounded were taken after the first shots were fired on the Lexington Battle Green across the street.

    The #LexSeeHer monument in Lexington lexseeher.com/monument

  27. For #WIPWednesday I have so much demonstration lace under way for #Rev250 that I needed to make myself another pin box. Yes, I have about 5 pin boxes already, but for different sized pins. I need them all...

    These are Altoids boxes dressed up for events. All #IpswichLace related stuff.

    #BobbinLace

  28. For #WIPWednesday I have so much demonstration lace under way for #Rev250 that I needed to make myself another pin box. Yes, I have about 5 pin boxes already, but for different sized pins. I need them all...

    These are Altoids boxes dressed up for events. All #IpswichLace related stuff.

    #BobbinLace

  29. For #WIPWednesday I have so much demonstration lace underway for #Rev250 that I needed to make myself another pin box. I have about 5 pin boxes already, but for different sized pins. I need them all... These are Altoids boxes dressed up for events. All #IpswichLace related stuff. #BobbinLace

  30. LOL. This news outlet interviews General Gage and David Phips about the gunpowder situation....

    The "boo" reception for Gage at the event cracked me up repeatedly.

    #PowderAlarm #Revolution250 #Rev250 #SomervilleMA

    youtu.be/vtCwlzmBzTE?si=Qt0PY9

  31. LOL. This news outlet interviews General Gage and David Phips about the gunpowder situation....

    The "boo" reception for Gage at the event cracked me up repeatedly.

    #PowderAlarm #Revolution250 #Rev250 #SomervilleMA

    youtu.be/vtCwlzmBzTE?si=Qt0PY9

  32. I just found out I have a "stabilize" feature on my phone. Here's a better version of the march to the Powder House with audio.

    #SomervilleMA #Revolution250 #Rev250

  33. I just found out I have a "stabilize" feature on my phone. Here's a better version of the march to the Powder House with audio.

    #SomervilleMA #Revolution250 #Rev250

  34. @SaguaroLynx Heh. I don't know. I have some other photos, I can see if there are other identifiers.

    We'll take anyone for these events. There are so many #Rev250 ones out there right now, everybody is overbooked!

  35. @SaguaroLynx Heh. I don't know. I have some other photos, I can see if there are other identifiers.

    We'll take anyone for these events. There are so many #Rev250 ones out there right now, everybody is overbooked!

  36. I'm ironing my petticoat and shining my shoes today, in preparation for the #PowderAlarm reenactment next Sunday!

    If you want the backstory of how we got there, this talk will lead you to the Powder House.

    "How to Lose an Empire: the Road to the Powder Alarm"

    #Histodons #Rev250 #Revolution250 #Boston #SomervilleMA

    youtube.com/watch?v=G3vfBQiV93

  37. I'm ironing my petticoat and shining my shoes today, in preparation for the #PowderAlarm reenactment next Sunday!

    If you want the backstory of how we got there, this talk will lead you to the Powder House.

    "How to Lose an Empire: the Road to the Powder Alarm"

    #Histodons #Rev250 #Revolution250 #Boston #SomervilleMA

    youtube.com/watch?v=G3vfBQiV93

  38. Official announcement finally exists:

    "Spark of the Revolution: the 250th Anniversary of the Powder Alarm"

    Sunday, September 1, 2024
    9:30 AM 12:30 PM

    This is kind of a save-the-date, more details to come.

    #Revolution250 #Rev250 #SomervilleMA #RevolutionaryWar #Histodons

    somervillemuseum.org/calendar-

  39. Official announcement finally exists:

    "Spark of the Revolution: the 250th Anniversary of the Powder Alarm"

    Sunday, September 1, 2024
    9:30 AM 12:30 PM

    This is kind of a save-the-date, more details to come.

    #Revolution250 #Rev250 #SomervilleMA #RevolutionaryWar #Histodons

    somervillemuseum.org/calendar-