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Early accounts celebrated American heroism against British barbarism and saw the dawning of democracy in the egalitarian army of minutemen commoners.<ref> John McWilliams, "Lexington, Concord, and the 'Hinge Of The Future'" ''American Literary History'' 1993 5(1): 1-29 [http://alh.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/citation/5/1/1 online]</ref>
Early accounts celebrated American heroism against British barbarism and saw the dawning of democracy in the egalitarian army of minutemen commoners.<ref> John McWilliams, "Lexington, Concord, and the 'Hinge Of The Future'" ''American Literary History'' 1993 5(1): 1-29 [http://alh.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/citation/5/1/1 online]</ref>
"Paul Revere's Ride" by [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] (1807-1882) was memorized by generations of school children:
:''Listen my children and you shall hear.
<br>Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere...''<ref> See text at [http://www.legallanguage.com/resources/poems/midnightride/ online[</ref>
Longfellow's poem correctly caught the exciting decisive events, but included only Revere's story and not the others.
During World War I, the [[Four Minute Men]] was a speakers program that helped mobilize public opinion.
During World War I, the [[Four Minute Men]] was a speakers program that helped mobilize public opinion.
* Fischer, David Hackett. ''Paul Revere's Ride'' (1994), outstanding history [http://www.questia.com/read/99202360?title=Paul%20Revere%27s%20Ride online edition]
* Fischer, David Hackett. ''Paul Revere's Ride'' (1994), outstanding history [http://www.questia.com/read/99202360?title=Paul%20Revere%27s%20Ride online edition]
* Gross, Robert A. ''The Minutemen and their World'' (1976), mostly about the social history of the town of Concord
* Gross, Robert A. ''The Minutemen and their World'' (1976), mostly about the social history of the town of Concord
===External links===
* [http://www.hwlongfellow.org/pdf/Goucher_PaulRevere.pdf Teacher's Guide for Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride"]
* [http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ Paul Revere's House, a museum in Boston]
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