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| − | '''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 Samuel Adams and John Hancock that [[British]] troops were coming to arrest them. Revere was captured before he could reach [[Concord]], but managed to escape. | + | '''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 Samuel Adams and John Hancock that [[British]] troops were coming to arrest them. Revere was captured before he could reach [[Concord]], but managed to escape.<ref>[http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/real.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.patriotresource.com/amerrev/events/revere/page2.html]</ref> His midnight ride was immortalized by a poem by [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]].<ref>[http://www.hwlongfellow.org/works_paul_reveres_ride.shtml]</ref><ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/42/789.html]</ref> |
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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 Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were coming to arrest them. Revere was captured before he could reach Concord, but managed to escape.[1][2] His midnight ride was immortalized by a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[3][4]
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