For Patriots Day this year, let’s talk about Paul Revere. Instead of focusing on his famous ride 251 years ago, let’s go into the back catalog to uncover some lesser known aspects of Paul Revere’s involvement in the Patriot cause. First, we’ll look at Revere as a messenger. He’s known for his famous ride on April 18, 1775, but Paul Revere was chosen for that ride because he already had a reputation as a reliable express rider, carrying secret messages from the Boston Committee of Correspondence on horseback to patriots in New York, Philadelphia, New Hampshire, and beyond. Then, we’ll turn the clock forward and look at Revere’s support for the cause after his famous ride. In 1779, Paul Revere was the colonel in charge of the Massachusetts artillery regiment, and he was tapped as one of the commanders of an expedition to dislodge the British from the Penobscot Bay in today’s Maine. The resulting fiasco was the worst American naval defeat prior to Pearl Harbor, and it left Revere’s soldiers half-starved and wandering through the Maine wilderness. In this episode, we’ll learn how much blame Revere bore for the chaotic retreat.

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Paul Revere’s Other Rides

Ray Raphael’s article inspired us to write this episode.
JL Bell examines the provenance of “Come in Revere; we are not afraid of you.”
Paul Revere’s own account of his most famous ride.
Paul Revere’s Ride, by David Hackett Fischer.
The Boston Port Act.
The Suffolk Resolves.
John Adams reacts to the Suffolk Resolves.
John Rowe’s diary entry about the Powder Alarm.
Accounts of the Portsmouth Alarm from the New England Historical Society and Smithsonian Magazine.
Learn about the court martial of Paul Revere in Episode 25.

The Court Martial of Paul Revere

A biography of Paul Revere that includes letters, papers, and diary entries from the Penobscot Expedition.
A book coincidentally titled The Court Martial of Paul Revere.
The header image is from a British map of the battle titled “Attack of the rebels upon Fort Penobscot in the province of New England in which their fleet was totally destroyed and their Army dispersed the 14th Augst. 1779”
An illustration of the use of abattis in warfare.
An article about and artist’s rendering of the future Paul Revere Heritage Site in Canton.