Events

March Public Program

The Press and the American Revolution and Watertown's most famous printer, Benjamin Edes
A slideshow lecture by Gary Gregory

Sunday, March 23, 2025
2:00 PM
Watertown Savings Bank Meeting Room
Watertown Free Public Library
123 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472

Without the printing presses of Boston, we wouldn't have had a revolution!  Why was Boston such a hot bed of sedition and an incubator of the American Revolution?  How did the printing press impact Boston's rise to rebellion?  How were newspapers produced and by whom?  Mr. Gregory will answer these questions and more as he discusses the work of Benjamin Edes, Boston's most notable patriot printer.

Gary Gregory founded Lessons on Liberty, Inc., in 2003 to provide historically accurate educational tours of Boston's Freedom Trail.  He quickly realized that Boston needed more hands-on history experiences and in 2005 founded The Printing Office of Edes & Gill, a reproduction 18th century colonial print shop located at 21 Unity St. in Boston's North End.

This event is free and open to the public.  For more information, please contact Joyce at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

This program is funded by a 2024 grant from the Watertown Community Foundation.