But the reason why Paul Revere is more remembered than William Dawes largely has to do with a poem written almost a century after their ride. In 1861, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published “Paul ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ’s famous poem “Paul Revere’s Ride,” taught in classrooms across the United States for over a ...

The Paul Revere House describes his role (though there is, of course, no William Dawes House). In nearby Cambridge, a traffic circle called Dawes Island features a trail of bronze hoofprints ...

On June 7, 1635, the first of the American generations of Dawes arrived in Boston from Sudbury, County, Suffolk, England. A tiny vessel sailing about April 10, disembarking a full ...

The most famous midnight ride in American history occurred 250 years ago Friday when Sons of Liberty members Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to Lexington to warn fellow “patriots” that the ...

MARIETTA – Paul Revere, William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott rode into Muskingum Park Friday evening to warn residents the “regulars,” aka the British army, were coming. The historical ...

SALEM — Salem commemorated the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride with a ceremony Monday. ... Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” by 2024 Salem High School Alum ...

Friday marks the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s famous night-long ride from Boston to Lexington — April 18, 1775 — where he and fellow rider William Dawes warned rebel leaders ...

Two Lanterns for Tomorrow honors the ride of Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott on April 18, 1775, to warn minutemen of Lexington and Concord about the British.