"Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul
Revere." This opening line, from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's tribute
poem "Paul Revere's Ride", celebrates a highlight of this Boston-born
folk hero's life and times. Like many of his contemporaries, Paul Revere
was not only a businessman and family man, but also a soldier and spy.
Minutemen were patriots ready at a moment's notice to serve the cause of
the Revolution.