Paul Revere Part 1: Why Was he Charged with Cowardice After Risking His Freedom at the Boston Tea Party, and His Life on the Midnight Ride?

2023-02-15

In 1802, while working at his copper foundry, Paul Revere received a phone call from the future and began to reminisce about his revolutionary past … History had forgotten about Paul Revere until a poet named Henry Wadsworth Longfellow resurrected his legacy by writing about Revere’s Midnight Ride. Ironically, in Revere’s time another Wadsworth did everything in his power to destroy that same legacy. In this podcast you’ll hear Revere explain in his words: How his military career was one catastr...

In 1802, while working at his copper foundry, Paul Revere received a phone call from the future and began to reminisce about his revolutionary past …

History had forgotten about Paul Revere until a poet named Henry Wadsworth Longfellow resurrected his legacy by writing about Revere’s Midnight Ride. Ironically, in Revere’s time another Wadsworth did everything in his power to destroy that same legacy. In this podcast you’ll hear Revere explain in his words:

How his military career was one catastrophe after the other. Was he a terrible soldier or unlucky?

Why was he charged with cowardice, and did he regret his actions?

And finally, after being forgotten by his revolutionary friends and accepting that his life would be a footnote in history, how did he continue to help the American cause and make a fortune?

Despite what the famous poem said, Revere will explain why there is absolutely no way he rode through the streets yelling, “The British are coming!” After that you’ll hear in detail what actually happened on The Midnight Ride that rallied the Continental Army to their first battle of the American Revolution.

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