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The Paul Revere House, built c.1680, was the colonial home of American Patriot and Founding Father Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution. A National Historic Landmark since 1961, it is located at 19 North Square , Boston , Massachusetts , in the city's North End , and is now operated as a nonprofit museum by the Paul Revere ...
The Penobscot Expedition was a 44-ship American naval armada during the Revolutionary War assembled by the Provincial Congress of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.The flotilla of 19 warships and 25 support vessels sailed from Boston on July 19, 1779, for the upper Penobscot Bay in the District of Maine carrying an expeditionary force of more than 1,000 American colonial marines (not to be ...
Also open to visitors is the Maryland State House, the oldest statehouse in the U.S. still in use. ... Stops include Boston Common, Faneuil Hall, the Paul Revere House, Bunker Hill, and the USS ...
25. Paul Revere House, Boston. The midnight rider and his family lived in this “modest dwelling” during the American Revolution. It is now the oldest standing residential building in downtown ...
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 ...
While most of us in the U.S. are sheltering in place at home, travel seems like a distant memory (or wishful thinking) these days. But social distancing doesn't mean you can't explore historic ...
Paul Revere House: Boston: MA c. 1680 Residential Oldest building in downtown Boston. [52] Fort Christian: Charlotte Amalie: VI 1680 Military Fort originally built by the Danish, oldest building in the US Virgin Islands. Has been on US soil since the 1917 purchase of the Virgin Islands from Denmark. Peter Tufts House: Medford: MA 1680 Residential
Paul Revere Shouted, “The British Are Coming!” Paul Revere’s “midnight ride” is often an entire lesson in high school history classes, discussed as the start of the American Revolution.