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This Day in Boston History
January 1st, 1735
Paul Revere
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this day the ambitious and versatile Paul Revere was born the son of Apollos
De Revoire, a French Huguenot. He would learn silversmithing from his father,
become a mason, form a guild of church bell ringers, take up dentistry and
ride as a messenger.
With the exception of his midnight ride, he is remembered not by his acts,
but by his creations. He observed the first gun powder facility in the colonies
and reproduced it from memory in Canton in 1775 to enable the revolution.
Revere stirred dissent with his engraving of the
Boston Massacre, and reenactment of it he hosted at his house, which
is the
oldest surviving structure in Boston. He set the cornerstone and clad
the dome of the Massachusetts
State House and made spikes used to join the USS Constitution. |
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