Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,

On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;

Who remembers that famous day and year.” (Longfellow)

Thus begins the famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This is the poem about Paul Revere and his legendary midnight ride. Paul Revere, one of the greatest heroes of the Revolutionary War, and possibly one of the greatest heroes of our country.

Paul Revere was born in Boston, Massachusetts in late December 1734 and was the second of twelve children born to Apollos Rivoire and Deborah Hitchborn. Apollos was a French Huguenot immigrant who came to Massachusetts in 1715 and became the apprentice of a Boston goldsmith. Deborah Hitchborn was a natural born native of Boston. (Lee, 13-16)

At the age of twelve, Paul was apprenticed to his father as a silversmith, and he earned extra money as a bell ringer at the Old North Church in Boston. At age nineteen, as the oldest son of the family he became the supporter of the family after his father died in 1753. In 1757 Revere started a family of his own when he married Sarah Orne. At this time he changed his name from Rivoire to Revere. His wife then had a son named

Some topics in this essay:
Paul Revere, Walker Walker, Cambridge Menotomy, British Soldiers, Cambridge Revere, Park Square, Worcester Thanks, Dr Prescott, North Church, Church Boston, paul revere, british soldiers, ride paul revere, revolutionary war, ride paul, north church, colonel conant, steeple north, lexington green, morning british, steeple north church, colonel conant hang, medford menotomy, midnight ride paul, adams john hancock,