1734 in december paul revere is born in north end boston he learns reading and writing at the north writing school at age 12 he learns silversmithing from his father he earns extra money ringing the bells at old north church when he is 19 his father dies and he becomes the family s main supporter
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revere resumed his activities in boston but in the early evening of april 18 he received word from a stable boy that the british were preparing boats for crossing the charles in short order two other sources confirmed the initial report
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revere s warning was taken to heart and the townspeople began to hide arms and valuables in barns wells and the neighboring swamps on his return home paul revere met with patriot leaders in charlestown and agreed on a plan to provide notice about the route the british would take to reach concord
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he pressed on to lexington where he found hancock and adams at the home of jonas clark paul revere was joined by dawes who had successfully slipped past the guards on boston neck and a third man dr samuel prescott a resident of concord
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an interactive map showing the routes taken by revere dawes and prescott is available at the paul revere house website revere s role was not particularly noted during his life in 1861 over 40 years after his death the ride became the subject of paul revere s ride a poem by henry wadsworth longfellow the poem has become one of the best known in american history and was memorized by generations of schoolchildren
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1775 on the night of april 18th and 19th paul makes his famous midnight ride to lexington to warn samuel adams and john hancock that the british are marching to arrest them along with william dawes and other riders he warns the countryside of the british march
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paul revere s midnight ride in the spring of 1775 most of the massachusetts patriot leaders had taken refuge in outlying communities fearing arrest by british officials remaining in boston were two physicians benjamin church and joseph warren the latter serving as the group s leader in samuel adams absence paul revere a trusted messenger also stayed in the city tended his business interests and as unobtrusively as possible kept an eye on the soldiers stationed in the city
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born in boston s north end in december 1734 paul revere was the son of apollos rivoire a french huguenot protestant immigrant and deborah hitchbourn daughter of a local artisan family
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revere rode a horse lent to him by john larkin deacon of the old north church riding through present day somerville medford and arlington revere warned patriots along his route many of whom set out on horseback to deliver warnings of their own
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a year later he marries sarah orne and together they have eight children 1770 paul is now 35 years old and buys this house in north square this is the house you can see today on the freedom trail in boston you will be able to take a virtual tour of his house in exhibit hall 3
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how old was paul revere during his ride
Paul Revere was 40 years old during his ride.