I Always Wondered
By OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86830)
United States
April 18, 2024 6:07am CST
What Paul Revere looked like.
And here he is.
The famous portrait of him that hangs in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston oil on canvas, 1768, painted by John Singleton Copley.
And Henry Wadsworth Longellow's poem about Paul Revere, called The Fame of Paul Revere:
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April in Seventy-Five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend, –“If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch
Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light—
One if by land and two if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country-folk to be up and to arm.
I remember as a child learning of his famous ride and imagining him flying through the night on a stallion to warn of the coming of the British.
I now learn that Paul Revere was no elected official or in any way a politician, just a man who loved his country.
How about that, did you know of him?
To read more about him and his famous ride, you can go here:
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@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Apr
@RebeccasFarm Glad you watched!!! Cartoons were so much more meaningful back in the days .
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@Marilynda1225 (79920)
• United States
18 Apr
I also imagined him riding his horse at great speed warning that the British were coming. He's not what I pictured him to look like.
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@RebeccasFarm (86830)
• United States
19 Apr
Nope me neither Marilyn. I somehow pictured him rather more dashing.
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@Marilynda1225 (79920)
• United States
19 Apr
@RebeccasFarm I agree. This picture doesn't make him look like someone who would jump on a horse and ride through the streets warning about the British
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@1creekgirl (40586)
• United States
18 Apr
Thanks, Oshy! I knew about his famous ride and the poem, but that's cool to see a photo of him.
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@RebeccasFarm (86830)
• United States
19 Apr
Yes your Mum would have Judy..the era you know, bless her, RIP.
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@mildredtabitha (16070)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Apr
I'm glad to learn about Paul. The photo is beautiful. Thank you for the link.
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@RebeccasFarm (86830)
• United States
19 Apr
Welcome Mildred hope you are doing fine xo
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@mildredtabitha (16070)
• Nairobi, Kenya
19 Apr
@RebeccasFarm yes I am doing fine. Have a lovely weekend
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@Tampa_girl7 (49090)
• United States
18 Apr
I remember learning about him in school too.
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@dgobucks226 (34397)
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20 Apr
William Dawes was the other rider on the famous ride. But Paul got all the pub, lol. And besides, Revere rhymes with hear in Wadsworth's poem.
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@RebeccasFarm (86830)
• United States
21 Apr
Haha funny DB..you are great with the facts. Thanks I never knew.
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