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  2. 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 ...

  3. Paul Revere's midnight ride - Wikipedia

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    The band's namesake and the organist was born Paul Revere Dick, named after Revere. [30] 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 ...

  4. Paul Revere Capture Site - Wikipedia

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    The Paul Revere Capture Site marks the location where Sons of Liberty member Paul Revere was captured by a British Army patrol at around 1.30 AM on April 19, 1775, while on a midnight ride to alert nearby minutemen of the pending arrival of British troops.

  5. Paul Revere's Ride - Wikipedia

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    "Paul Revere's Ride" was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1861. " Paul Revere's Ride " is an 1860 poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, although with significant inaccuracies.

  6. 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.

  7. Talk:Paul Revere - Wikipedia

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    Black History: Paul Revere did not Ride Alone. Teach the truth! Wentworth Cheswell (1746-1817): Few people have ever heard of Wentworth Cheswell, yet in 1775 he rode alongside Paul Revere to alert everyone that the British were coming. As the story goes, the two men eventually split off -- Cheswell rode north and Revere rode west.

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    A week after the February class, the addict who was his ride to the meetings relapsed and was kicked out of Grateful Life — as was the staffer who hadn’t reported the relapse. Soon enough, the middle-aged addict with the coffee cup issue would be expelled, according to the administration, for “wasting our time and not being engaged or ...

  9. Kicks (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Kicks" is a song composed by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, best known as a 1966 hit for American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders. Mann and Weill wrote the song for the Animals, but the band's lead singer Eric Burdon turned it down. [3] Instead, Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded and released it as a single in 1966.