3. Gold/silversmith (like his father)
Apprentice
Lieutenant of colonial artillery
Craftsman
Engraver
4. On the Evening of April 18,1775 Paul was sent
for by Dr. Joseph Warren and was told to ride
to Lexington, Matt. ,to warn Sam Adams and
John Hancock that the British were coming.
The saying ’’One by land, two by sea’’ was said
by Paul when the British were coming.
5.
6. Paul Revere’s Ride By: Henry Longfellow
Paul Revere By: The Beastie Boys
Ride Of Paul Revere
There is even a band named Paul Revere and
the Raiders
7. Married Sarah Orne in the Aug. of 1757.
After Sarah died in 1773 Paul married Rachel
Walker and had 8 children.
8. Paul’s silver shop was just a corner stone of his
professional life.
Was originally dad’s shop, but inherited it later
on.
9. Paul Revere provided three accounts of his
ride on April 18th 1775.
His first two accounts, a draft and a corrected
copy of a deposition, both dated 1775, were
made at the request of the Massachusetts
Provisional Congress.
These depositions, taken from all eyewitnesses
to the skirmish on Lexington Green, were
compiled in the hopes of obtaining proof that
the British had fired the first shot.
10. On the night of April 18, 1775, silversmith Paul
Revere left his small wooden home in Boston's
North End and set out on a journey that would
make him into a legend.
Today that home is still standing at 19 North
Square and has become a national historic
landmark.
It is downtown Boston's oldest building and
one of the few remaining from an early era in
the history of colonial America.
11. The Paul Revere Memorial Association
rescued and restored the Paul Revere House.
The building that had been the patriot's home
from 1770-1800 continued for a time as a
private home, however, by 1845 it was in full
use as a boarding house mostly for transient
seamen.
12. In 1811, at the age of 76, Paul Revere retired
and left his well-established copper business in
the hand of his sons and grandsons.
Revere seems to have remained healthy in his
final years, despite the personal sorrow caused
by the deaths of his wife Rachel and son Paul
in 1813.
Revere died of natural causes on May 10, 1818
at the age of 83, leaving five children.
13. Paul Revere is remembered for his historic
Midnight Ride warning colonists of the
impending British Army attack. He also had an
illustrious career as an engraver, silversmith,
watchmaker and soldier.