Paul Revere’s Ride

Poets.org ^ | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

[sopo]

Sam Adams and John Hancock got out of town in the nick of time.

[Big Red Badger]

Lexington and Concord
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The Shot heard Around the World!

[twister881]

"Me and Paul Revere"

https://youtu.be/LGjZU-7D6Gk?si=JcgyNeMviQycDTbV

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[Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness]

The Shot heard Around the World!

And my fascist state is now deaf to it despite it happening here.

I will visit the grave of Prince Estabrook tomorrow. He was the first black man (as a slave) to be injured during the first shots fired at Lexington, which sparked the Revolutionary War. He is buried not far from where I live.

[twister881]

Andy Griffith tells about "the shot heard 'round the world"

https://youtu.be/aGXCH7zBdc4?si=g_633il88lfo_t9U

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[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Thanks for posting that reminder!

[Big Red Badger]

William Diamonds Drum
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A Very Good ‘out of Print’ Book.
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You can Smell the Powder on the Green.

[twister881]

School House Rock "The Shot Heard 'Round the World"

https://youtu.be/Y6ikO6LMxF4?si=WfG4aIiyOUW8VeEd

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[aspasia]

A great read-to-your-kids Ted Rand illustrated book.

[ArtDodger]

I’m a descendant of one Isreal Bissell.
Bissell stood with Revere and saw the signal, but his job was to ride straight to Philidelphia and tell the Continental Congress of the British attack. It was a grueling, 19-hour ride and 2 horses died in the trek. On his word alone, the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence.
Bissell then got on his horse and headed home.
Being a stable hand and not a noted silver smith, he did not see the fame in his lifetime that went to Revere. Not to take away from Revere’s courage or his fine artistry. He truly was a master craftsman. Common people can rise to the occasion, as well.

[sopo]

Arthur B. Tourtellot (maybe it was his family, I bought my copy in Lexington about 2006)reissued it as “Lexington and Concord” It’s still on Amazon, $18; and they have Kindle still called Wm. Diamond’s Drum.

[sopo]

Lots of fun, thanks

[Dr. Franklin]

, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm,

So Massachusetts had a trans community at the time of the American War of Independence? Who knew?

[Big Red Badger]

I visited the Minuteman Monument many years ago. Boston Harbor and JFK
LIBRARY , truly enjoyed the side Trip from the Racetrack in Loudon. IIRC

[sauropod]

bkmk

[Big Red Badger]

Sam and John had paperwork to do!

[SunkenCiv]

[sopo]

A trunkful.

[healy61]

Paul Revere was a member of St. Andrews Lodge. A couple years back, during renovations in the attic of the lodge, they located lodge officer jewelry, which was hand made. It is believed that Revere made the jewelry. Thanks to the poster for the poem.