Paul Revere was immortalized by Longfellow's poem and became an American icon. William Dawes, the other midnight rider, is ...

This new American revolution is a civic, bloodless one, testing citizens' relationship with the federal government.

Lives of great men all remind usWe can make our lives sublime,And, departing, leave behind usFootprints on the sands of time” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Related Ayo Adebanjo: Exit of Mr Federalism ...

It’s the middle of April, in ’Twenty-five, and hardly a man or woman is now alive who knows by heart the opening of the Henry ...

What happened in April 1775 in and near Boston is an important chapter of the story of why, how and by whom America was birthed.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we would find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm ...

With the 250th anniversary of Revere’s midnight ride fast approaching, Old North Church and the Paul Revere House are ...

It’s the middle of April in twenty-five, and hardly a man or woman is now alive who knows by heart the opening of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem that once was memorized by generations of American ...

Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: ...

"LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere," Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous work begins. Longfellow wrote the poem in 1860 as America hurtled toward civil ...

No other aspect of the American Revolution is as useful a metaphor for people all along the political spectrum.