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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 ...
Accounts originating in the 20th century, from the Ludington family, say Sybil played an important role after the British raid on Danbury, Connecticut. [1] [5] [10]According to the story printed 140 years after the alleged feat, [1] on April 26, 1777, then 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles (64 km) from her hometown in Fredericksburg, New York (near Danbury, Connecticut) through Putnam ...
Pages in category "Revere family" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Paul Revere; Paul Joseph Revere; Paul Revere (lawyer) R. Apollos ...
Paul Revere Dick (January 7, 1938 – October 4, 2014) [1] was an American musician, best known for being the leader, keyboardist and (by dropping his last name to create the stage name) namesake of Paul Revere & the Raiders.
Her parents were Benjamin Waldo Lamb and Deziah Lamb. [6] She was presumably named for her maternal grandmother, Rosanna Lamb née Duncan. [6] Her grandfather was Thomas Lamb (b. 1755), a lieutenant in Henry Jackson's Massachusetts regiment. [7] In 1842, she married Joseph Warren Revere, grandson of American revolutionary figure Paul Revere. [8]
The teenage girl who rode 40 miles overnight in the rain during the Revolutionary War – twice as far as Paul Revere two years earlier – to warn the Connecticut militia that the British were ...
The Kingsmen version was the one that charted nationally, but Mark and his bandmates also were gaining attention. Around the time "Louie, Louie" was recorded, they decided to use Paul Revere's name as a gimmick and bill themselves as "Paul Revere & the Raiders". They began to dress in Revolutionary War-style outfits.
Paul Revere, a patriot of the American Revolution, forever marked the date April 18, 1775, in history with his unique strategy to tackle the British along with his famous horseback ride warning ...