Paul Revere's home

Paul Revere's humble home, nestled in beautiful North End neighborhood. He had 16 children - 8 each by two wives. Tour guide on Duck Tour told us Revere made numerous rides to Lexington and Concord prior to the Revolution. With 16 kids at home, Bill concluded that he probably didn't mind making those rides at all. :) Speaking of Duck Tour guide, he also said that Revere had the sexton of the North End Church place the two lanterns atop the steeple as a backup plan to notify folks in case he was captured. He said the Longfellow poem ("one if by land, two if by sea"), alluding to this as a signal makes a nice poem, but doesn't exactly reflect the reality. Guide said everybody in town saw the British ships head out, it was no secret. Revere and Dawes rode to Lexington and Concord to let our soldiers know that it was time. I'll defer to my historian friends/revolutionary war experts for the real story here.







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Location:North End, Boston