Who was Paul Revere?

Paul Revere, born (circa 1734 – 1735) and passed away in Boston (December 22, 1734)

Although his fame is largely associated with his messenger work for the US government, Revere also worked as a silversmith, which later became a lucrative business as he was one of the first to take advantage of the war’s large scale need for metal manufacturing.

In 1773, Revere became a messenger for the Boston Committee of Public Safety. Majority of the messages he had been assigned to deliver reported about political unrest in Boston.

His famous “Midnight Ride” took place in April 1775 when Dr. Joseph Warren instructed Revere and William Dawes to ride to Lexington and alert Samuel Adams and John Hancock of the intentions of the British Army to arrest the two and possibly confiscate weapons stored in Concord as well.

His service, however, was celebrated posthumously through the immortal lines of the poem, Paul Revere’s Ride, written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.