Paul Revere’s Ride and the Battles of Lexington and Concord: History Worth Celebrating

The iconic Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” begins, “Listen, my children . . .”

And, sure enough, we have long told our kids and ourselves of the cinematic events in April 1775, when the famous silversmith warned the countryside of approaching British troops and the American Revolution kicked off in earnest.

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Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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The iconic Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” begins, “Listen, my children . . .”

And, sure enough, we have long told our kids and ourselves of the cinematic events in April 1775, when the famous silversmith warned the countryside of approaching British troops and the American Revolution kicked off in earnest.