2026 Book Club: “The Shoemaker & the Tea Party” by Alfred F. Young
July 18 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Free
2026 Meetinghouse Book Club
Small and Revolutionary: Stories about Community and Transformative Change
Read along with us!
Saturday, July 18, 2026 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
July’s book: The Shoemaker & the Tea Party by Alfred F. Young
Join us in Shield’s Hall for our FREE monthly book club! Tickets available below. Please get a ticket to register for the event.
About this book:
George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who participated in such key events of the American Revolution as the Boston Massacre and the Tea Party, might have been lost to history if not for his longevity and the historical mood of the 1830’s. When the Tea Party became a leading symbol of the Revolutionary ear fifty years after the actual event, this ‘common man’ in his nineties was ‘discovered’ and celebrated in Boston as a national hero. Young pieces together this extraordinary tale, adding new insights about the role that individual and collective memory play in shaping our understanding of history.
