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.[1]
In 2011, during a cross country tour to warn Americans against the dangers of liberalism, Sarah Palin clarified the purpose of Paul Reveres' midnight ride to include warning the British that they could not take American's guns away. Although a controversial view, Sarah Palin successfully positioned herself to be viewed as a modern day Paul Revere, warning the liberals in power who clearly want to take lawful guns away from Americans.
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