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[[Image:Paul Revere.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Paul Revere]]

[[Image:Paul Revere.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Paul Revere]]

'''Paul Revere''' (1734-1818) was a silversmith in colonial America who was very active in [[Boston]]-area revolutionary groups such as 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> <ref>[http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/real.html The Midnight Ride]</ref>

'''Paul Revere''' (1734-1818) was a silversmith in colonial America who was very active in [[Boston]]-area revolutionary groups such as 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 [[British]] that [[minutemen]] troops would not give up their weapons, and that they would exercise their natural right to keep and bear arms to resist their [[Big Government]] bullying.  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> <ref>[http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/real.html The Midnight Ride]</ref>

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