John Singleton Copley’s 1768 portrait of Paul Revere is so familiar it’s hard to notice how unusual it is. That makes sense, though, since the same is true of Revere himself. Famous names ...

BARNSTABLE — The Paul Revere of Revolutionary War fame is a mythic figure in the national story: patriot, silversmith, military man, bell caster. In John Singleton Copley’s famous portrait ...

“IT WAS young flood, the ship was winding and the moon rising. . .” In these words, Paul Revere’s own, the adventure starts — the crossing of the Charles on the night of that famous ride ...

His portrait was painted by John Singleton Copley in 1768. And years later he was celebrated in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1860 poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride.” Listen, my children ...

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 Sam Adams ...

This stop on the Freedom Trail is the house where Paul Revere lived when he took his famous ride on ... “Many of the people involved with the Liberty Bowl are the same patrons of portraits and ...

It has a pine cone-style finial on the lid, a curved spout with a seashell motif, and, near the top, the maker’s mark: “Revere.” In 1775, the year that Paul Revere galloped through the night ...