"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 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 ...

LEXINGTON, MA ‒ Everyone knows the story. At least, a version of it. Sitting cross-legged on matted classroom rugs, elementary school students each year are read the famous opening lines of Henry ...

Meh. Doesn’t have the same ring to it. It’s tricky to rhyme anything with Dawes. Gauze. Claws. Straws. Flaws. But rhyming Revere is so clear, my dear. As we approach the 250th anniversary of the ...

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 ...

Revere, who was later immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, was one of many riders who rode through the countryside, spreading the alarm on April 18, 1775 Ellen Wexler - Assistant ...

A new play brings into high relief the uncanny parallels between both the Revolutionary and Civil War periods and the perilous present, all through the lens of Longfellow’s poem. Generations of ...

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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 ...

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 ...