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| Today in History: the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere |
| 2007-04-18 |
| 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 On the midnight ride of Paul Revere |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #7 My fifth grade teacher was named Mrs. Dawes. She used to gripe about the spin machine, too. |
| Posted by: JDB 2007-04-18 23:22 |
| #6 Great post, Mike. I strongly recommend David Hackett Fischer's Paul Revere's Ride. . Great history and a great read. |
| Posted by: mrp 2007-04-18 16:58 |
| #5 Yeah, Paul Revere. My friggin hero. What an asshole... |
| Posted by: William Dawes 2007-04-18 16:39 |
| #4 Revere? That punk? Hell, he never even made it to Concord. What about Israel Bissell who rode all the way to Philadelphia? |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-04-18 16:38 |
| #3 Longfellow was what, Revere's nephew? Cousin? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-04-18 16:27 |
| #2 Ah, poetry as fiction. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-04-18 15:18 |
| #1 Wrong category! Mods, please fix. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-04-18 14:26 |