Community Open House

Come take a pull on an 18th century printing press replica!

The American Antiquarian Society will host a community open house to commemorate the 250^th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War and the arrival of Isaiah Thomas’s printing press in Worcester. Thomas used the wooden common press to print his newspaper, The Massachusetts Spy, which roused American colonists to rebel against the British and fight for their freedom. The community day will include tours and hands-on activities for all ages, including demonstrations of a replica of Thomas’s printing press, which he called “Old Number One.”