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Description and history. See also. References. External links. Equestrian statue of Paul Revere. Coordinates: 42°21′56.1″N71°3′11.7″W42.365583°N 71.053250°W. Equestrian statue of Paul Revere. The statue in 2017. Artist. Statue: Cyrus Edwin Dallin Base: Y. Lovell Little. Raymond A. Porter. Year. 1885 (modeled) 1940 (cast) Medium.
- Statue : Bronze Base : Granite
The Paul Revere House remains a popular stop on the Freedom Trail on Boston's many guided walking tours. On this day in 1940, a bronze statue of Paul Revere was unveiled in the shadow of the Old North Church. In the crowd of 8,000, stood the sculptor — 79-year-old Cyrus Dallin. He had waited 55 years since a committee had first selected his ...
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In 1774 and the spring of 1775 Paul Revere was employed by the Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Massachusetts Committee of Safety as an express rider to carry news, messages, and copies of important documents as far away as New York and Philadelphia.
On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere was summoned by Dr. Joseph Warren of Boston and given the task of riding to Lexington, Massachusetts, with the news that regular troops were about to march into the countryside northwest of Boston. According to Warren, these troops planned to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock, who were staying at a h...
About half past twelve, William Dawes arrived in Lexington carrying the same message as Revere. After both men had refreshed themselves (gotten something to eat and drink) they decided to continue on to Concord, Massachusetts to verify that the military stores had been properly dispersed and hidden away. A short distance outside of Lexington, they ...
30 de dic. de 2019 · Stories. In May 1774 Paul Revere carried news throughout the colonies which inspired the Founders to call together the First Continental Congress. Though far from his most famous ride, Revere’s journey to Philadelphia with the Boston Port Act was in important turning-point in the road to Revolution. Revere’s Many Rides.
Paul Revere (/ r ɪ ˈ v ɪər /; December 21, 1734 O.S. (January 1, 1735 N.S.) – May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, military officer and industrialist who played a major role during the opening months of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, engaging in a midnight ride in 1775 to alert nearby minutemen of the approach of British troops prior to the battles of Lexington ...
An equestrian portrait of Paul Revere portrayed on his midnight ride of April 18, 1775. His horse is rearing back slightly and with his proper left hand, he pulls back on the horse's reins. His proper right hand is extended. The sculpture rests on an oval granite base. (Smithsonian Art Inventories description)
Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American Revolution. He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April...
