A Revolutionary Hero, Much Revered

On April 18, 1775, at nightfall, Paul Revere rode west to warn fellow patriots that British forces were on the march, crossing The Neck from Charlestown to what is now Sullivan Square. Ahead were two mounted British soldiers. Reading his horse, Revere veered onto today's Broadway. The Red Coats spotted him. One pursued him, but Revere eluded him. The other tried an ambush but fell into a clay pit. Revere escaped and continued his historic ride to alert the Minutemen of Lexington. The smallest National Park in the country atop Winter Hill commemorates his daring.

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