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[[Image:Paul Revere.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Paul Revere]]
 
[[Image:Paul Revere.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Paul Revere]]
'''Paul Revere''' was a silversmith in colonial America. He is famous for riding from Boston to Lexington with two other men to warn the [[minutemen]] that British troops were invading.  Revere was captured before he could reach [[Concord]].  His midnight ride was immortalized by a poem by [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]].<ref>[http://darter.ocps.net/classroom/revolution/revere.htm Paul Revere]</ref>
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'''Paul Revere''' was a silversmith in colonial America who was very active in [[Boston]]-area revolutionary groups such the [[Sons of Liberty]]. He is famous for riding from Boston to Lexington, [[Massachusetts]] with William Dawes on the night of April  18, 1775 to warn the [[minutemen]] that [[British]] troops led by General Thomas Gage were invading.  Revere was captured before he could reach [[Concord]], but managed to escape.  His midnight ride was immortalized by a poem by [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]].<ref>[http://darter.ocps.net/classroom/revolution/revere.htm Paul Revere]</ref>  
    
==References==
 
==References==
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[[Category:Americans]]
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