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- In 1914, the Town of Revere voted to become a city and was incorporated as a city with the inauguration of its first mayor on January 4, 1915.
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On November 2, 1914, the Town of Revere held its final town meeting, as voters had chosen to become the City of Revere. Revere became a city with the inauguration of its first mayor, Arthur B. Curtis, on January 4, 1915.
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- He was of French extraction. French and Indian War. Paul Revere’s father, Apollos Rivoire, was a French Huguenot who immigrated to Boston at age 13 and Anglicized his family name before marrying a local girl named Deborah Hitchbourn.
- A silversmith by trade, he sometimes worked as an amateur dentist. Battle of Bunker Hill. Revere used his skills as a craftsman to wire dentures made of walrus ivory or animal teeth into his patients’ mouths.
- He was also known for his art. Boston Massacre. When he wasn’t smithing or dabbling in dentistry, the multitalented Paul Revere produced some of the era’s most sophisticated copper plate engravings, creating illustrations used in books, magazines, political cartoons and tavern menus.
- He led a spy ring. Stamp Act. According to the Central Intelligence Agency, Paul Revere founded the first Patriot intelligence network on record, a Boston-based group known as the “mechanics.”
Oct 29, 2009 · Paul Revere was born in the North End neighborhood of Boston at the end of 1734 (the exact date is unknown) to a French Huguenot father who ran a silversmith shop and a mother from a local...
Paul Revere (born about January 1, 1735, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died May 10, 1818, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) was a folk hero of the American Revolution whose dramatic horseback ride on the night of April 18, 1775, warning Boston -area residents that the British were coming, was immortalized in a ballad by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Paul Revere (/ rɪˈvɪər /; December 21, 1734 O.S. (January 1, 1735 N.S.) [ N 1 ] – May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, military officer and industrialist who played a major role during the opening months of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, engaging in a midnight ride in 1775 to alert nearby minutemen of the approach of Brit...
Oct 18, 2023 · According to Longfellow’s poem, Revere was the lone rider who set out from Charlestown for Lexington and Concord to warn patriots of the arrival of British troops after receiving a predetermined signal. In reality, Revere was not waiting in Charlestown ready to ride. He was still in Boston when the signals were issued.
