Paul Revere Statue, Boston Freedom Trail
Paul Revere was an American Patriot in the Revolutionary war against the British. He was born April 18th 1775, a Boston silversmith. On his famous midnight ride he left his home, slipped out of the city in a row boat, borrowed a horse and began riding. His mission: to warn Samual Adams and John Hancock in Lexington that British troops were marching from Boston to arrest them and seize munitions hidden in Concord.