The Bostonian is best known for his perilous horseback journey 250 years ago. But scholars say his art helped fan the flames of dissent. Paul Revere’s most famous piece of war propaganda was his ...

Sitting cross-legged on matted classroom rugs, elementary school students each year are read the famous opening lines of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem: “Listen, my children, and you shall hear of ...

"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 ...

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 midnight ride is being commemorated with reenactments and events in Boston and Lexington. Revere alerted colonial militias of the approaching British troops ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was a reenactment 250 years in the making of a ride that would shape American history. Paul Revere traveled from the North End by boat across the Charles River to Charlestown, hurried into City ...

Kostya Kennedy is the author of five books, including “The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America.” A quarter-millennium after Paul Revere mounted his borrowed horse on a moonlit ...

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 ...

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 ...