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  2. Paul Revere's Ride - Wikipedia

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    For example, the poem depicts the lantern signal in the Old North Church as meant for Revere, but actually the signal was from Revere: the historical Paul Revere did not receive the lantern signal, but actually was the one who ordered it to be set up. The poem also depicts Revere rowing himself across the Charles River when, in reality, he was ...

  3. Paul Revere - Wikipedia

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    Paul Revere (/ r ɪ ˈ v ɪər /; December 21, 1734 O.S. (January 1, 1735 N.S.) [N 1] – 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 ...

  4. Paul Revere's midnight ride - Wikipedia

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    The song "Me and Paul Revere", written by musician Steve Martin and performed with his bluegrass group Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, was inspired by the tale of Paul Revere's ride and told from the point of view of Revere's horse, Brown Beauty. [31] American rock band Weezer reference Paul Revere's ride in the song "The British Are ...

  5. Category:Poems about the American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; ... Pages in category "Poems about the American Revolution" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Paul Revere ...

  6. How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix - Wikipedia

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    "How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix" is a poem by Robert Browning published in Dramatic Romances and Lyrics, 1845. [1] The poem, one of the volume's "dramatic romances", is a first-person narrative told, in breathless galloping meter, by one of three riders; the midnight errand is urgent—"the news which alone could save Aix from her fate"—although the nature of that good news ...

  7. Jack Jouett - Wikipedia

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    Some contend [who?] that his ride was far more important than that of Paul Revere, however, Revere's ride had the benefit of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem to enshrine it in the American consciousness. [citation needed] The Three Notch'd Brewing Company in Charlottesville named their flagship India Pale Ale "40-mile" to honor Jouett's ride. [35]

  8. Samuel Prescott - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Prescott (August 19, 1751 – c. 1777) was an American physician and a Massachusetts Patriot during the American Revolutionary War.He is best known for his role in Paul Revere's "midnight ride" to warn the townspeople of Concord, Massachusetts, of the impending British army move to capture guns and gunpowder kept there at the beginning of the American Revolution.

  9. Category:Cultural depictions of Paul Revere - Wikipedia

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    A list of cultural depictions of Paul Revere. Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Paul Revere" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.