Paul Revere (December 21, 1734 – May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, military officer and industrialist who played a major role during the opening months of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, engaging in a midnight ride in 1775 to alert nearby minutemen of the approach of British troops prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Born in the North End of Boston, Revere eventually became a prosperous and prominent Bostonian, deriving his income from silversmithing and engraving. During the American Revolution, he was a strong supporter of the Patriot cause and joined the Sons of Liberty. His midnight ride transformed him into an American folk hero, being dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1861 poem, "Paul Revere's Ride". He also helped to organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the movements of British forces. Revere later served as an officer in the Massachusetts Militia, though his service ended after the Penobscot Expedition, one of the most disastrous American campaigns of the American Revolutionary War, for which he was absolved of blame.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_militia_units_of_Massachusetts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penobscot_Expedition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peleg_Wadsworth
“Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (full text): https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/Paul%20Revere%27s%20Ride%2C%20full%20text.pdf
Apollos Rivoire (November 30, 1702 - July 22, 1754), often known as Paul Revere I, was a French American Huguenot silversmith, active in Boston. He was father to Paul Revere, the famous American silversmith and patriot.
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Hollywood reincarnation by CBS Records & Terry Melcher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere_%26_the_Raiders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere_(musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lindsay
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