Paul Revere

Paul Revere “Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light,-- One if by land, …showed first 75 words of 1588 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1588 total…message, a thousand men assembled in Portsmouth and returned to the fort to remove muskets and cannons. These munitions would soon be dispersed throughout the seacoast and find their way to a crucial battle at Bunker Hill, where NH men would again play a key role. Paul Revere, possibly the greatest patriot in American History, has lived on through centuries. Those humble deeds of his time are now looked upon as semi-heroic acts of selflessness.