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P AUL R EVERE. B Y : T HE G INGERBREAD Q UEEN. He was born on December 21, 1734 He was born in Boston, Massachusetts His mom was english His dad was french His brother, John, was training to become a silversmith, also On the right is a picture of Paul's house. E ARLY L IFE.
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PAUL REVERE BY: THE GINGERBREAD QUEEN
He was born on December 21, 1734 He was born in Boston, Massachusetts His mom was english His dad was french His brother, John, was training to become a silversmith, also On the right is a picture of Paul's house EARLY LIFE
On August 4, 1757, Paul Revere married Sarah Orne, who bore eight children, six of whom survived After Sarah died in 1773, and on October 10 of that year Revere married Rachel Walker, with whom he would have five more surviving children After the Boston Tea Party in 1773, Revere began work as a messenger for the Boston Committee of Public Safety, often riding messages to New York and Philadelphia about the political unrest in the city MIDLIFE
WHY PAUL REVEREIS IMPORTANT • On the night of April 18 -19, 1775, just hours before the battles of Lexington and Concord, Revere performed his "Midnight Ride" • He and William Dawes were instructed by Dr. Joseph Warren to ride from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the movements of the British Army, which was beginning a march from Boston to Lexington • Riding through present-day Somerville, Medford, and Arlington, Revere warned patriots along his route - many of whom set out on horseback to deliver warnings of their own • everyone to this day thinks of him and "The Noble One" • The picture on the right is a statue of him in boston
AFTERTHE WAR • After the war, finding the silver trade difficult in the ensuing depression, Revere opened a hardware and home goods store and later became interested in metal work beyond gold and silver • Revere died on May 10, 1818, at the age of 83, at his home on Charter Street in Boston. He is buried in the Old Granary Burying Ground on Tremont Street, today
CREDITS • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Paul_Revere%E2%80%99s_House_%282006%29.jpg • http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0841641.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Paul_Revere_Statue_by_Cyrus_E._Dallin%2C_North_End%2C_Boston%2C_MA.JPG • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg • http://www.answers.com/topic/paul-revere (click the 6th one and see a video)