You don’t have to be a fan of the American Revolution to enjoy “The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America” (St. Martin’s Press, 287 pgs., $29 hardback), but it might help. Kostya Kennedy, ...

LEXINGTON, MA ‒ Everyone knows the story. At least, a version of it. Sitting cross-legged on matted classroom rugs, elementary school students each year are read the famous opening lines of Henry ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem “Paul Revere’s Ride,” taught in classrooms across the United States for over a century, begins with the line: “Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the ...

Bing (Casey at the Bat) once again brings his love of history and attention to detail to bear in Longfellow's classic poem. Even before the famous opening lines ("Listen, my children, and you shall ...

The 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride is being commemorated with reenactments and events in Boston and Lexington. Revere alerted colonial militias of the approaching British troops ...

On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere disembarked on his famous ride to Lexington to warn the colonial forces of the British's imminent arrival. Two hundred and fifty years later, the route of ...

On the evening of April 18, 1775, two lanterns were illuminated from the tower of The Old North Church in Boston to alert the colonists that British forces were advancing across the Charles River.

The 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous midnight ride to warn that the British were coming will take over Boston on April 18. The trek will be re-enacted by two men, one by foot the other by ...