Portrait by John Singleton Copley
Paul Revere’s deposition, fair copy, circa 1775
Letter from Paul Revere to Jeremy Belknap, circa 1798
Chapter III, “The Midnight Ride of April 18, 1775” in The True Story of Paul Revere, His Midnight Ride, His Arrest and Court-Martial, His Useful Public Services by Charles Ferris Gettemy (1906).
Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories by James Baldwin.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Landlord’s Tale”
“The Landlord’s Tale” in Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863)
“What’s in a Name?” by Helen F. More about William Dawes, who also rode that night.
A broadside delivered by Israel Bissell on his ride to spread the news of the British attack and two poems written in the 1950s about his ride.
Music
Song “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Webb Miller
“Me and Paul Revere” by Steep Canyon Rangers and Steve Martin
Art
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Grant Wood (1931).
Equestrian Statue of Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin (1940).
Other Rides of the Revolution
James Jack, who carried the Mecklenburg Declaration, made in response to news of Lexington and Concord, to the Continental Congress – read and listen to the “Meck Dec.”
“Sybil Ludington, the Female Paul Revere: The Making of a Revolutionary War Heroine”
“The Ride of Tench Tilghman” by Clinton Scollard.
Jack Jouett of Albemarle, the Paul Revere of Virginia (1922), “Jack Jouett’s Ride” (1961), and a newer song, “Jack Jouett’s Ride” (lyrics)
“How Once Upon a Time Caesar Rodney Rode for Freedom” by Katharine Pyle.
And find even more names in this essay on “Heroic horsemen … and women.”
Lesson Plans
Not Only Paul Revere: Other Riders of the American Revolution
Why Do We Remember Revere? Paul Revere’s Ride in History and Literature
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