Home of a Midnight Rider
Located in Boston's oldest residential neighborhood, the North End, is the home to the Revolutionary War figure Paul Revere, who lived here from 1770 to 1800. The night Revere declared "the British are coming" he embarked on his famous journey from this historic home. A part of the Freedom Trail in Boston proper, it is currently managed by the Paul Revere Memorial Association, which offers tours, demonstrations of era-specific tools and techniques, and reenactors.
What's Nearby
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Stories from Paul Revere House
The devoted wife of Paul Revere, Rachel held the Revere family together in Boston as the war caused economic downturn and uncertainty, handling their escape and ensuring the safety of her husband.
The Sons of Liberty was a secret underground society created due to the social and political fallout of the French and Indian War. The war, which took place throughout the world, was just one part of a larger conflict called the Seven Years War, a war that many historians consider to be “The First World War.” The French and Indian War, coupled with the fighting throughout the globe, nearly pushed the British Empire to the brink of financial collapse due to the increased spending needed to fight an international war. As a result, the British increased taxation among the colonies and stationed soldiers of the Crown within these colonies to guard the Empire’s new territorial gains. The British Empire needed money and goods for their empire, and they turned to the colonies for both. However, the Sons of Liberty made it their goal that the Empire received neither.