Paul Revere, American Patriot

The Freedom Trail tour my wife Tala and I took through us through the historic city of Boston was quite interesting and we enjoyed the looking at historical sites and their mark on early American history. At the end of our trek we found ourselves at the Paul Revere's house. There we acquainted ourselves with the history of the American patriot and famed silversmith Paul Revere...

Paul Revere was the owner of the house in the North Square of Boston from 1770 to 1800 which he purchased with his wife Sarah Orne (now open to the public). After Revere sold the home in 1800, it soon became a tenement, and the ground floor was remodeled for use as shops. In 1902, Paul Revere's great-grandson, John P. Reynolds Jr. purchased the building to ensure that it would not be demolished. Over the next few years, money was raised by concerned citizens, and the Paul Revere Memorial Association was formed to preserve and renovate the building. In April 1908, the Paul Revere House opened its doors to the public as one of the earliest historic house museums in the U.S. The Association still oversees the preservation and day-to-day operations of this national treasure. (http://www.paulreverehouse.org/visitor/)

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"Listen my children and you shall hear

Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere..."

You may have of heard those famous lines of poetry about one of the patriotic heroes of the American Revolution. Because he was glorified and honored after his death for his role as a messenger in the battles of Lexington and Concord in the State of Massachusetts, Paul Revere's name and his "midnight ride through the countryside" are well-known in America as a patriotic symbol..

Paul Revere was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the third son of thirteen children of silversmith at late December, 1734, in Boston's North End. Revere's French Huguenot's father, Apollos Rivoire, came to Boston at the age of 13 and was apprenticed to a silversmith. By the time he married Deborah Hichborn, a member of a long-standing Boston family Rivoire had anglicized his name to Paul Revere. Apollos (now Paul) passed his silver trade to his son Paul.