"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem “Paul Revere’s Ride,” taught in classrooms across the United ...

Revere, who was later immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, was one of many riders who rode through the countryside, spreading the alarm on April 18, 1775 Ellen Wexler - Assistant ...

On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere raced through the Massachusetts countryside on horseback to warn patriot leaders that British soldiers were on the march. A lot of us learned about the revolutionary ...

MARY YEAH, HE DID JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. YOU KNOW, THE POET LONGFELLOW. YOU KNOW, FOREVER. PUT THAT MIDNIGHT RIDE INTO OUR MINDS AND OUR HEARTS. BUT TONIGHT WE ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE HOW THAT MIGHT HAVE ...

It’s an image many Americans have of the revolutionary figure, Paul Revere: a man in a tricorne hat racing through the streets on a horse and yelling, “The British are coming!” But this image of ...

Call it the best branding to happen in the last 250 years. Paul Revere has lived rent-free in the American collective consciousness since his fateful journey on the night of April 18, 1775. Or, at ...

HAMPDEN, Maine (WABI) - Friday marks 250 years since Paul Revere’s legendary midnight ride and people in Hampden came together to celebrate. Hosted by the Hampden Garden Club, the night saw folks ...

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.

April 18, 2025, marks the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride and Saturday, April 19, is the 250th anniversary of The Shot Heard Around the World. These events led to the American ...

Hours before the first shots of the American Revolution rang out, 700 British soldiers stationed in Boston mobilized under cover of darkness, hoping to stop the war in its tracks. After overpowering a ...