Today's letter is R which will showcase (Paul) Revere.
As is most historical buildings in greater Boston, this famous Revolutionary War hero's home is located in the middle of a very modernized North End.
According to the official website, Paul Revere lived in this humble abode from 1770 to 1800. Throughout the 19th Century, the structure was home to a variety of individuals, commercial shops, and even a bank. In 1902, Revere's great-grandson purchased the home to ensure it would never be demolished. Since 1908 the home has been open to the public.
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| Paul Revere's home. Tours are available, although we did not have time to attend. |
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| Paul Revere's Statue with the Old North Church in the background. |
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."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(1807-1882)
Molly, I can't resist... wich "Old North Church" is it in the background..?
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday!
https://thethreegerbers.blogspot.ch/2018/04/r-is-for-richmond.html
:) .... that's a good one! Actually, I think it is the original Old North Church
DeleteThank you, Molly. I'm glad his great-grandson saved this house.
ReplyDeleteI think we must have had to memorize that poem in school, not that I could recite it - bad memory and all :-)
ReplyDeleteI vaguely recalled certain parts of the poem, but I could never recite the entirety.
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