The following announcement was provided by the Historical Society of Watertown:
The Historical Society of Watertown & the Watertown Free Public Library Presents: “The Press and the American Revolution and Watertown’s most famous printer, Benjamin Edes,” a slide show and talk by Gary Gregory.
Without the printing presses of Boston, we wouldn’t have had a revolution! Why was Boston such a hot bed of sedition and incubator of the American Revolution? How did the printing press impact Boston’s rise to rebellion? How were newspapers produced and by whom? Who was Benjamin Edes, Boston’s most infamous patriot printer? These questions and more will be answered in this presentation.
Gary Gregory founded Lessons on Liberty Inc. in 2003 to give historically accurate educational tours of Boston’s Freedom Trail. He immediately noticed the need in Boston for more hands-on history and in 2005 founded The Printing Office of Edes & Gill, a reproduction 18th century colonial print shop.
All meetings are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit our website or contact Joyce at joycekel@aol.com
This Program is funded by a 2024 grant from the Watertown Community Foundation.
WHEN: Sunday, March 23, 2025, 2 p.m.
WHERE: Watertown Free Public Library, Watertown Savings Bank Room, 123 Main St., Watertown MA 02472