query: Who is the author of the poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere?"

title: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (painting)

text: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (painting) The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere is a 1931 painting by the American artist Grant Wood. It depicts the American patriot Paul Revere during his midnight ride on April 18, 1775. The perspective is from a high altitude as Revere rides through a brightly lit Lexington, Massachusetts. It was inspired by the poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Wood used a child's hobby horse as model for Revere's horse. The painting is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, but is not on view as of spring,

title: Paul Revere

text: mission, Israel Bissell being the person to ride the farthest distance of all. Paul Revere Paul Revere (; December 21, 1734 O.S.May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American Revolution. He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Paul Revere's Ride" (1861). At age 41, Revere was a prosperous, established and prominent Boston silversmith. He had helped organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep

title: Paul Revere

text: Paul Revere Paul Revere (; December 21, 1734 O.S.May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American Revolution. He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Paul Revere's Ride" (1861). At age 41, Revere was a prosperous, established and prominent Boston silversmith. He had helped organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the British military. Revere later served as a Massachusetts militia officer,

title: Paul Revere

text: and then harry them all the way back to Boston. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow popularized Paul Revere in "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere", a poem first published in 1863 as part of "Tales of a Wayside Inn". Because Boston was besieged after the battles of Lexington and Concord, Revere could not return to the city, which was now firmly in British hands. He boarded in Watertown, where he was eventually joined by Rachel and most of his children (Paul Jr., then 15, remained in Boston to mind the family properties). After he was denied a commission in the Continental Army,

title: Paul Revere's Ride

text: Paul Revere's Ride "Paul Revere's Ride" (1860) is a poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, although with significant inaccuracies. It was first published in the January 1861 issue of "The Atlantic Monthly". It was later retitled "The Landlord's Tale" in the collection "Tales of a Wayside Inn". The poem is spoken by the landlord of the Wayside Inn and tells a partly fictionalized story of Paul Revere. In the poem, Revere tells a friend to prepare signal lanterns in the Old North Church (North End, Boston)

title: Paul Revere's Ride

text: not mention his midnight ride but instead focused on his business sense and his many friends. The fame that Longfellow brought to Revere, however, did not materialize until after the Civil War amidst the Colonial Revival Movement of the 1870s. In 1875, for example, the Old North Church mentioned in the poem began an annual custom called the "lantern ceremony" recreating the action of the poem. Three years later, the Church added a plaque noting it as the site of "the signal lanterns of Paul Revere". Revere's elevated historical importance also led to unsubstantiated rumors that he made a set

title: Paul Revere's Ride

text: have since stressed Revere's importance, including David Hackett Fischer in his book "Paul Revere's Ride" (1995), a scholarly study of Revere's role in the opening of the Revolution. In 2007, the United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a commemorative stamp with images referencing the poem. Longfellow is represented by a painting by artist Kazuhiko Sano. Paul Revere's Ride "Paul Revere's Ride" (1860) is a poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, although with significant inaccuracies. It was first published in the January 1861 issue of "The Atlantic

title: Paul Revere

text: over 40 years after Revere's death, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow made the midnight ride the subject of his poem "Paul Revere's Ride" which opens: Longfellow's poem is not historically accurate, but the inaccuracies were deliberate. Longfellow had researched the historical event, using such works as George Bancroft's "History of the United States", but he changed the facts for poetic effect. The poem was one of a series in which he sought to create American legends; earlier examples include "The Song of Hiawatha" (1855) and "The Courtship of Miles Standish" (1858). Longfellow was successful in creating a legend: Revere's stature rose significantly

title: Paul Revere's Ride

text: hidden; they were joined by Samuel Prescott, a doctor who lived in Concord and happened to be in Lexington. Revere, Dawes, and Prescott were stopped by British troops in Lincoln on the road to Concord. Prescott and Dawes escaped, but Revere was detained and questioned and then escorted at gunpoint by three British officers back to Lexington. Of the three riders, only Prescott arrived at Concord in time to warn the militia there. Longfellow's poem is credited with creating the national legend of Paul Revere, a previously little-known Massachusetts silversmith. Upon Revere's death in 1818, for example, his obituary did

title: Paul Revere's Ride

text: been forgotten, penned a parody of Longfellow's poem: For a long time, historians of the American Revolution as well as textbook writers relied almost entirely on Longfellow's poem as historical evidence – creating substantial misconceptions in the minds of the American people. In re-examining the episode, some historians in the 20th century have attempted to demythologize Paul Revere almost to the point of marginalization. While it is true that Revere was not the only rider that night, that does not refute the fact that Revere successfully completed the first phase of his mission to warn Adams and Hancock. Other historians

title: Paul Revere's Ride

text: of false teeth for George Washington. Revere's legendary status continued for decades and, in part due to Longfellow's poem, authentic silverware made by Revere commanded high prices. Wall Street tycoon J. P. Morgan, for example, offered $100,000 for a punch bowl Revere made. In 1883, Boston held a national competition for an equestrian statue of Revere. It was won by Cyrus Edwin Dallin, although his model was not accepted until 1899, and the statue was not dedicated until 1940. It stands in "Paul Revere Plaza," opposite the Old North Church. In 1896 Helen F. Moore, dismayed that William Dawes had

title: Shadow Fox

text: British are coming," but rather alerting people that he knew that the Redcoats were on the march. The second half of Paul's mission that night was to ride with Dawes to Concord to warn them. He never made it. Paul was captured on the way there and held at gunpoint. He would later be released after gunshots were heard at Lexington Green. Paul's ride, though extremely brave and incredibly important, was glorified beyond recognition in Longfellow's poem, "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere". In the poem he was portrayed as a lone rider. William Dawes - Dawes was the lesser-known

title: Paul Revere's Ride

text: first published in the January 1861 issue of "The Atlantic Monthly". It was later re-published in Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside Inn" as "The Landlord's Tale" in 1863. The poem served as the first in a series of 22 narratives bundled as a collection, similar to Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", and was published in three installments over 10 years. Longfellow's family had a connection to the historical Paul Revere. His maternal grandfather, Peleg Wadsworth, was Revere's commander on the Penobscot Expedition. When the poem was written in 1860, America was on the verge of Civil War. Longfellow first came

text: 2017. The painting belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil M. Gooch in Memphis, Tennessee from 1931 to 1950, after which it was given to YWCA Memphis as a gift. The same year it was sold for 15,000 dollars to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (painting) The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere is a 1931 painting by the American artist Grant Wood. It depicts the American patriot Paul Revere during his midnight ride on April 18, 1775. The perspective is from a high altitude as Revere rides through a brightly lit Lexington, Massachusetts. It was

title: Paul Revere House

text: opened a 3,500 square foot visitor and education center connected to the house by an elevated walkway. Purchased in 2007, $4 million in renovations allow the new education center to provide additional exhibit space on Revere's Midnight Ride, his work as a silversmith and his industrial work after the American Revolution . The renovations permit wheelchair users to access the second floor of the house for the first time while classrooms and a library will allow for expanded research and educational outreach. Paul Revere House The Paul Revere House (1680) was the colonial home of American patriot Paul Revere during

title: Midnight Ride (album)

text: Midnight Ride (album) Midnight Ride is the fifth studio album by American pop rock group Paul Revere & the Raiders; released by Columbia Records (CS 9308). Produced by Terry Melcher and released in May 1966, the album featured the U.S. top five single "Kicks." The album also includes "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone", a song The Monkees covered and became a U.S. top 20 hit in 1967. The album is unique in the band's discography in that it contains songwriting credits by all five bandmembers. Stylistic changes, combined with arguments over which group members were to get their songs included

title: Midnight Ride (album)

text: on the band's albums, resulted in lead guitarist Drake Levin quitting the group following the release of "Midnight Ride". The album also marked the end of the band's relationship with the Brill Building music publishing house, where "Kicks" and "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" were written. "Midnight Ride" peaked at number nine on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 albums chart. The album was certified gold in the U.S. on March 20, 1967. Music critic Bruce Eder said the album "marked just about the pinnacle of Paul Revere & the Raiders' history as a source of great albums." The album was described

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: Rock 2" (1996). On September 19, 1997, the group's classic 1966 "Midnight Ride" lineup (singer Mark Lindsay, guitarist Drake Levin, bassist Phil "Fang" Volk and drummer Mike "Smitty" Smith) reunited in full costume (though without Revere himself) for a 30th anniversary performance in Portland. In 2000 Sundazed Records released a two-CD package entitled "Mojo Workout" that focused on the R&B and soul sounds from early in the Raiders' Columbia career. In 2001, the Raiders released "Ride to the Wall", featuring several new songs, along with their versions of 1960s hits, with proceeds going to help veterans of the Vietnam War.

title: Paul Revere

text: Series honors Paul Revere, featuring the portrait by Gilbert Stuart. He also appears on the $5,000 Series EE U.S. Savings Bond. The rock group Paul Revere and the Raiders had considerable popularity from the middle 1960s through the early 1970s. The band's namesake and organist was born Paul Revere Dick, named after Revere. The song "Me and Paul Revere", written by musician Steve Martin and performed with his bluegrass group Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, was inspired by the tale of Paul Revere's ride and told from the point of view of Revere's horse, Brown Beauty. In 1861,

title: Paul Revere's Ride

text: he did with works like "The Song of Hiawatha" (1855) and "The Courtship of Miles Standish" (1858). Modern critics of the poem emphasize its many historical inaccuracies. For example, the poem depicts the lantern signal in the Old North Church as meant "for" Revere, but actually the signal was "from" Revere: the historical Paul Revere did not receive the lantern signal, but actually was the one who ordered it to be set up. The poem also depicts Revere rowing himself across the Charles River when, in reality, he was rowed over by others. He also did not reach Concord that

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: Nebraska – October 4, 2014). The band relocated to Portland, Oregon, when Revere returned from serving in the armed forces in 1962. In his early 20s, Revere owned several restaurants in Caldwell, Idaho, and first met singer Mark Lindsay (born March 9, 1942, Eugene, Oregon) while picking up hamburger buns from the bakery where Lindsay worked. The circumstance of their meeting was later referred to in the tongue-in-cheek song "Legend of Paul Revere", recorded by the group. Lindsay joined Revere's band in 1958. Originally called the Downbeats, they changed their name to Paul Revere & the Raiders in 1960 on

title: The Paul Revere Pottery

text: country landscapes and houses of import to scenes from American history, such as Paul Revere making his famous ride. Floral designs including stylized lotus, tulips, and roses adorned many surfaces in equal measure with barnyard or symbolic wild animals, which pranced alongside winding script or grassy horizon lines. Bowls and plates with phrases or mottos involving allusions to virtues, or pieces bearing individualized names, were the most popular from the pottery, especially within the run of ware that was designed as a children’s line. Many of the forms that came out of the pottery were wheel thrown, but the forms

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: Paul Revere & the Raiders Paul Revere & the Raiders are an American rock band that saw considerable U.S. mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s. Among their hits are the songs "Kicks" (1966; ranked No. 400 on "Rolling Stone"s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time), "Hungry" (1966), "Him Or Me – What's It Gonna Be?" (1967) and the Platinum-certified classic No. 1 single "Indian Reservation" (1971). Initially based in Boise, Idaho, the Raiders began as an instrumental rock band led by organist and founder Paul Revere Dick (January 7, 1938, Harvard,

title: Midnight poem

text: Midnight poem The midnight poem is a fragment of Greek lyric poetry preserved by Hephaestion. It is possibly by the archaic Greek poet Sappho, and is fragment 168 B in Eva-Maria Voigt's edition of her works. It is also sometimes known as PMG fr. adesp. 976 – that is, fragment 976 from Denys Page's "Poetae Melici Graeci", a fragment not attributed to any author ("fragmenta adespota"). The poem, four lines describing a woman alone at night, is one of the best-known surviving pieces of Greek lyric poetry. Long thought to have been composed by Sappho, the poem is one of

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: U.S. in the summer of 1961 with a band that featured Leon Russell taking Revere's place on piano. By summer 1962, Revere and Lindsay were working together again in Oregon with a version of the Raiders that featured Mike "Smitty" Smith (born Michael LeRoy Smith on March 27, 1942 in Beaverton, Oregon), a drummer who would spend two extended periods with the band. Around this time, KISN DJ Roger Hart, who was producing teen dances, was looking for a band to hire. Hart had a casual conversation with a bank teller who told him about a band called "Paul Revere-something".

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: band was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. Revere announced his retirement from the band in August 2014; the group plans to tour without him as "Paul Revere's Raiders". In October 2014, the band's web site announced that Revere had died "peacefully" on October 4, 2014, at his Garden Valley, Idaho home, a "small estate overlooking a tranquil river canyon", after a battle with cancer. He was 76 years old. On October 10, 2014 at the Los Angeles Forum, Tom Petty performed "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone", dedicating it to Paul Revere, acknowledging his passing that week. Volk

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: called "Louie Fontaine & the Rockets", and went on the road with them as "Paul Revere & the Raiders", featuring Blair Hill ("Louie Fontaine") as lead vocalist. This configuration even appeared as "Paul Revere's Raiders" without Paul, for a while in 1978. The quintet of Paul Revere, Mark Lindsay, Drake Levin, Phil Volk, and Mike Smith reunited for Dick Clark on national television in 1979 and performed a medley of their biggest hits. The same year "Indian Reservation" was covered by the German group Orlando Riva Sound. The punk rock and new wave eras would see a wave of interest

title: Paul Revere

text: in the years following the poem's publication. Parts of the ride route in Massachusetts are now posted with signs marked "Revere's Ride". The route follows Main Street in Charlestown, Broadway and Main Street in Somerville, Main Street and High Street in Medford, Medford Street to Arlington center, and Massachusetts Avenue the rest of the way through Lexington and into Lincoln. Revere's ride is reenacted annually. Contrary to popular belief, Revere and Dawes were not the only riders; however, they were the only two to be noted in the poem. Samuel Prescott and Israel Bissell were also tasked to undertake the

title: Paul Revere

text: in ethnic origin) still considered themselves British. Revere's warning, according to eyewitness accounts of the ride and Revere's own descriptions, was "The Regulars are coming out." Revere arrived in Lexington around midnight, with Dawes arriving about a half-hour later. They met with Samuel Adams and John Hancock, who were spending the night with Hancock's relatives (in what is now called the Hancock–Clarke House), and they spent a great deal of time discussing plans of action upon receiving the news. They believed that the forces leaving the city were too large for the sole task of arresting two men and that

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: Glen Campbell, among others. The Raiders's biggest hit of the period, "Indian Reservation", was recorded as a Mark Lindsay solo session, although some sources erroneously credit the lead vocals to Weller, who, around the same time, had recorded "Indian Lake" (a cover of the hit song by the Cowsills). As a promotional gambit, Revere took the unusual step of riding cross-country four times, plugging the song at every market available. His efforts paid off: "Indian Reservation" peaked at No. 1 for one week in July. Paul Revere: "I called the head of Columbia's promotion and told him I was going

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: which was co-written by Driggs. On May 31, 2017, Driggs died of a heart attack at his home in Miami, Florida, at the age of 67. Paul Revere & the Raiders Paul Revere & the Raiders are an American rock band that saw considerable U.S. mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s. Among their hits are the songs "Kicks" (1966; ranked No. 400 on "Rolling Stone"s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time), "Hungry" (1966), "Him Or Me – What's It Gonna Be?" (1967) and the Platinum-certified classic No. 1 single "Indian Reservation"

title: The Paul Revere Pottery

text: full time at the pottery, where her starting salary was $7 a week. She quickly distinguished herself as a decorator with a special talent for floral designs. She also worked as a salesperson and eventually became the manager of the pottery's Washington, D.C. store. Galner stayed on at the pottery until 1921, when she married Morris Bloom. Over 130 ceramic works decorated by Galner are included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Paul Revere Pottery The Paul Revere Pottery was a woman-run pottery founded during the Progressive Era in Boston, Massachusetts in the United

title: The Paul Revere Pottery

text: The Paul Revere Pottery The Paul Revere Pottery was a woman-run pottery founded during the Progressive Era in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. It emerged as a subgroup of the Saturday Evening Girls Club (S.E.G.). The library group was started and guided by Edith Guerrier, a librarian; her partner, Edith Brown, an artist; and Helen Osborne Storrow, the financial patron of the group. The Saturday Evening Girls Club was established in 1899, and located in Boston's North End. The group aimed to serve as an intellectual and social hub for young immigrant girls that otherwise had very few economic,

title: The Paul Revere Pottery

text: Brown, decided to fund the pottery. In 1908, Storrow bought a four-story brick building in the North End, located on Hull Street. The Library Club House, or Hull House as it was often called, was very near to the Old North Church. The iconic church, where Paul Revere had hung his lantern, inspired the pottery’s name: Paul Revere Pottery. The S.E.G. had to seek much of their own funding to support the pottery and maintain themselves through the accomplishments they had cultivated as a group. S.E.G. secured funds through musical performance, reciting dialogues and plays, and poetry readings to wealthy

title: Midnight poem

text: in the South". It also influenced A. E. Housman, who wrote three different poems based on the fragment: "The weeping Pleiads wester" and "The rainy Pleiads wester" from "More Poems" and "The half-moon westers low, my love" from "Last Poems". Other poems apparently alluding to the "midnight poem" include Elizabeth Bishop's "Insomnia" – whose first line fits the meter used in the Greek fragment, and which shares setting and tone with it – and H.D.'s "Night", which is thematically linked with the poem, also concerned with the passage of time and isolation. Midnight poem The midnight poem is a fragment

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: cancellation of "Where The Action Is", Revere and Lindsay returned to the air as hosts of a new Dick Clark-produced show in which the Raiders made several appearances, "Happening '68" (later shortened to "Happening"). This weekly series was joined from July to September that year by a Clark-produced daily series "It's Happening", also hosted by Revere and Lindsay. In August 1968, bassist Coe left the group again to get married; he was replaced by former "Action" heartthrob Keith Allison. According to author Derek Taylor, the Raiders were seen as "irrelevances. . . . Nervous citizens felt reassured that some good

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: They performed at Rolling Thunder's Memorial Day event in Washington D.C. in 2001 for POW-MIA's of the Vietnam era. A steady touring schedule kept Paul and his "new Raiders" in the public eye. Keith Allison, who played in the Raiders from 1968 to 1975, has since gone into acting, and appeared in the film "Gods and Generals". On October 13, 2007, Paul Revere & the Raiders were officially inducted, along with their Manager Roger Hart, into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. In attendance were Mark Lindsay, Phil "Fang" Volk, and Roger Hart to accept their awards. In 2010, the

title: Paul Joseph Revere

text: Paul Joseph Revere Paul Joseph Revere (Sept 10, 1832 – July 4, 1863) was a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was born in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was the grandson and namesake of Revolutionary War patriot Paul Revere. He was one of the three grandsons of Paul Revere who fought for the Union, another being Joseph Warren Revere. He graduated from Harvard University in 1852. In July 1861, he was commissioned a major in the 20th Massachusetts Infantry. In October 1861, at the Battle of Ball's Bluff in Virginia, Revere was wounded

title: Paul Revere

text: Maria Revere Balestier, wife of American consul Joseph Balestier, is now displayed in the National Museum of Singapore. This is the only bell cast by the Revere foundry that is outside the United States. For a time, it was displayed behind velvet ropes in the foyer of the United States Embassy in Singapore. The communities of Revere, Massachusetts and Revere, Minnesota bear his name, as do Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts, Revere Avenue in The Bronx, New York City, Paul Revere Road in Arlington, Massachusetts, and Paul Revere Apartments in Seattle. A 25-cent 1958 U.S. postage stamp in the Liberty

title: Midnight poem

text: as a generalised complaint of loneliness rather than being specifically concerned with a lover's absence; Odysseus Tsagarakis says that "the feeling of loneliness is most beautifully expressed by Sappho" in this fragment. The midnight poem has generally been attributed to Sappho since the Renaissance, initially by Arsenius Apostolius. However, Hephaestion does not provide any attribution for the fragment, and influential classicists such as Edgar Lobel, Denys Page and Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorf have questioned this attribution. Philologists generally consider the poem a folk song, attributable to no specific author. However, some classicists still attribute the poem to Sappho. It is included

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders discography

text: Paul Revere & the Raiders discography Paul Revere & the Raiders are an American rock band from Boise, Idaho. Formed in 1958, the band released their first hit single three years later, "Like, Long Hair", which reached number 38 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. Following a few minor charting singles, including a version of "Louie Louie", the band worked with producer Terry Melcher in updating their sound, combining fast-paced, guitar-and-vocal-dominated rock and roll with an intimidating R&B flavor. The result was a string of commercially successful singles, beginning with 1965's "Steppin' Out" and continuing with "Just Like Me",

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders discography

title: The Paul Revere Pottery

text: which were more popular and produced in greater abundance were expressed from molds. Every pottery piece is signed with “S.E.G.” on the bottom, signifying the reading group, followed by the initials of the young woman artist who made or finished the form. On occasion, multiple initials were present on the forms. In addition to making pottery vessels and objects, Paul Revere Pottery also made several ceramic tile friezes, usually depicting people interacting in wholesome environments with idyllic, romantic interactions occurring amongst characters and animals. The pottery's artistic director, Edith Brown (September 10, 1872 - August 27, 1932), was born in

title: Midnight Riders (MLS supporters association)

text: Midnight Riders (MLS supporters association) The Midnight Riders is the independent supporters group for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. The name refers to the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. The main aim of the Midnight Riders “is to form a network of supporters such that (they) can meet, watch, travel to, and discuss games, and have a collective voice for supporters' interests with Revolution management.” The Midnight Riders are viewed as “the most passionate Revolution followers”, have been around since the inception of the league, and are known for

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: Martinez (drums and vocals since 1972), Doug Heath (guitarist for the Raiders since 1973), Ron Foos (bass, Allison's replacement in 1975), and lead vocalist Carlo Driggs (who replaced Michael Bradley). Occasional new record releases included the self-produced "Special Edition" in 1983, with Michael Bradley on vocals, and "Paul Revere Rides Again", released in 1983 through Radio Shack stores. They also recorded a home video for MCA Universal in 1996 titled "The Last Madman of Rock 'N' Roll". Revere's son Jamie joined the band on guitar for several years in the 1990s, featured on "Generic Rock & Roll" (1992) and "Generic

title: Midnight poem

text: of all Greek lyrics", despite its briefness and simplicity. Wilamowitz considered the poem to be a "charming folk song", and Page too said that it has "a certain charm". Sappho's work has influenced many later poets, most famously Catullus. Clay identifies a number of classical works which may allude to the midnight poem, including Aristophanes' play "Ecclesiazusae" and the fifteenth of Ovid's "Heroides". The midnight poem is one of the most-frequently adapted of the poems attributed to Sappho – according to Clay, only fragment 31 has been more often translated. In English, the midnight poem inspired Tennyson's "Mariana", and "Mariana

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: October 4, 2014, aged 76. His funeral, held at the Cathedral of the Rockies in Boise, Idaho, was attended by, amongst others, former Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne. Carl "Carlo" Driggs, Paul Revere & the Raiders' longest-serving lead singer (a 20-year-plus span), was formerly lead vocalist for Kracker, a band that toured Europe as an opening act for (and had their albums distributed outside America by) the Rolling Stones. He followed this with his tenure in the Latin/disco group Foxy, who scored a No. 1 hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (No. 9 on "Billboard" Hot 100) with "Get Off",

title: Paul Revere House

text: Paul Revere House The Paul Revere House (1680) was the colonial home of American patriot Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution. A National Historic Landmark, it is located at 19 North Square, Boston, Massachusetts, in the city's North End, and is now operated as a nonprofit museum by the Paul Revere Memorial Association. An admission fee is charged. The original three-story house was built about 1680, making it the oldest house in downtown Boston. It occupied the former site of the Second Church of Boston's parsonage, home to Increase Mather and Cotton Mather, which was destroyed in

title: Intelligence in the American Revolutionary War

text: tavern and, as he put it, during "a continual roar of Musquetry... we made off with the Trunk." Paul Revere had served as a courier prior to his "midnight ride" and continued to do so during the early years of the war. One of his earlier missions was perhaps as important as the Lexington ride. In December 1774, Revere rode to the Oyster River in New Hampshire with a report that the British, under General Thomas Gage, intended to seize Fort William and Mary. Armed with this intelligence, Major John Sullivan of the colonial militia led a force of four

title: Midnight poem

text: BC, and that "midnight" refers to 00:00 at UT+1h46) Cuntz, Gurdemir, and George calculate that the Pleiades would have set before midnight from January 25 and would have been visible until March 31. Reiner and Kovacs have suggested that the common interpretation of the poem, that the Pleiades have set, is incorrect: they argue that the poem should be emended to read that the Pleiades are "in mid-heaven". If this reading is correct, then the dramatic date of the poem would be some months earlier than that suggested by Mebius and Herschberg. The poem is considered "one of the loveliest

title: William Dawes

text: poem "Paul Revere's Ride" would focus entirely on Revere, making him a composite of the many alarm riders that night. Dawes and Revere arrived at the Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington about the same time, shortly after midnight. Revere arrived slightly earlier, despite having stopped to speak to militia officers in towns along the way, as his route was shorter and his horse faster. After warning Adams and Hancock to leave, Revere and Dawes proceeded to Concord in case that was the British column's goal. Revere no doubt knew that the Provincial Congress had stored munitions there, including the cannon which

title: Paul Revere Braniff

text: Paul Revere Braniff Paul Revere Braniff (August 30, 1897 – June 15, 1954) was an airline entrepreneur. Paul, along with his brother Thomas Elmer Braniff, was one of the original founders of Braniff Airways, Inc. d/b/a Braniff International Airways (after 1948). Paul Revere Braniff was born in Kansas City, Kansas. He grew up during the early era of aviation, and, as a youngster, became fascinated with the new way of transport. His family moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1900. Paul Revere Braniff met Marie Agnes Maney and they married on April 29, 1920. Marie Maney was born on May

title: Paul Joseph Revere

text: and captured by the Confederate States Army. He was paroled in February 1862 and officially exchanged in May 1862. In September 1862, Revere participated in the Battle of Antietam, in which he suffered a second wound and Edward Hutchinson Revere, another of Paul Revere's grandsons, was killed. On July 2, 1863, Revere, by now colonel of his regiment, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg and died two days later. Paul Joseph Revere Paul Joseph Revere (Sept 10, 1832 – July 4, 1863) was a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was

title: The Paul Revere Pottery

text: members of the community and at different institutional galas and socials. The prices of the wares produced by the pottery were only affordable to middle or upper class families; Storrow subsidized the wares. By 1914, Storrow’s philanthropy had new aims with different organizations and concerns. She gave the S.E.G.s a year to become self-sustaining, provided them with a new building for their expanding pottery business, and then withdrew her financial support in 1915. Paul Revere Pottery continued to flourish for several decades, garnering national and international recognition through features in magazines, journals, and newsletters. At the height of its popularity

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: safe things never changed". Mark Lindsay took more control of the band during this time. He produced all records beginning with "Too Much Talk" in 1968 and the psychedelic album "Something Happening". Lindsay's vision was represented on songs such as "Let Me" and the albums "Hard 'N' Heavy (with marshmallow)" and "Alias Pink Puzz". (According to allmusic.com, Pink Puzz was the identity under which the Raiders first tried to get the album played on FM radio, a gambit that failed though the band kept the joke name for the album title.) The success of "Let Me" allowed Paul Revere and

title: The Paul Revere Pottery

text: educational, or social opportunities due to cultural differences. Paul Revere Pottery was established in the early twentieth century. The pottery gained national and international recognition. Facilitated by Guerrier, the Saturday Evening Girls Club was a Progressive era reading group consisting of young Jewish and Italian working women. The group met at the North Bennet Street Industrial School (NBSIS), a community charity building that provided educational opportunities and training in vocational skills for both boys and girls. Much like other groups and charity organizations of the era, the clubs and facilities at NBSIS aimed to Americanize the young persons, bridging the

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: from 1967–1971, performs as part of the Los Angeles-based Richard Sherman Trio jazz combo. Bassist Mike "Doc" Holiday and guitarist/bassist Charlie Coe made a special guest appearance with Mark Lindsay at a show in Boise, Idaho in 1996. They both reside in Idaho. Righteous Brothers Bill Medley's son, Darrin, sang and performed with Paul Revere & the Raiders. Another Darren, Darren Dowler, followed Darrin Medley as lead vocalist of the Raiders. Coincidentally, Darren Dowler also sang with Darrin Medley's father's group, the Righteous Brothers Band singing the parts formerly sung by tenor, recording great Bobby Hatfield. Dowler, the current vocalist,

title: Midnight Ride (album)

text: in "Billboard" magazine as a "package of hard driving, pulsating rockers." Serene Dominic of the "Phoenix New Times" called the album "proof that [the band] squandered not a minute of that massive TV exposure." It is listed in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" by Robert Dimery and Michael Lydon. In 1966 the song "Kicks" was covered by the Monkees as an album track on their album "Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees". "Midnight Ride" was remastered and re-released on February 1, 2000 by Sundazed Records with bonus tracks. Midnight Ride (album) Midnight Ride

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: second stint with the Raiders in 1972, drummer Mike "Smitty" Smith moved to Kona, Hawaii and continued performing for several groups in that region. Smith died of natural causes on March 6, 2001, three weeks before his 59th birthday. Guitarist Drake Levin became an accomplished blues guitarist, playing in and forming numerous groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. On July 4, 2009, Levin died at his home in San Francisco after a long battle with cancer. He was 62. The group's founder, vocalist and keyboard player Paul Revere died of cancer at his home in Garden Valley, Idaho on

title: Paul Revere Dick

text: Paul Revere Dick Paul Revere Dick, (January 7, 1938, Harvard, Nebraska - October 4, 2014, Garden Valley, Idaho) was an American musician, best known for being the leader, organist and (by dropping his last name to create the stage name) namesake of Paul Revere & the Raiders. The band became notable for a string of hits (they claim 23 straight) from the early 1960's to the early 1970's and thrust Revere into the position of a celebrity. Dick was the "idea man" behind the group. Even before the group, he was convinced there was a place for a combination of

title: Paul Revere

text: not complete the ride. Revere was captured and questioned by the British soldiers at gunpoint. He told them of the army's movement from Boston, and that British army troops would be in some danger if they approached Lexington, because of the large number of hostile militia gathered there. He and other captives taken by the patrol were still escorted east toward Lexington, until about a half mile from Lexington they heard a gunshot. The British major demanded Revere explain the gunfire, and Revere replied it was a signal to "alarm the country". As the group drew closer to Lexington, the

title: Paul Revere (song)

text: bounced it to another tape, flipped it around — this is pre-digital sampling — and bounced it back to the multi-track tape,” he said. “The reversed beat basically became ’Paul Revere.’ Yauch saw this thing we couldn’t see — and he killed it.” The song tells a fictional story of how Adrock, Mike D, and MCA first met. Adrock describes riding through the desert on a horse named Paul Revere, also the name of a horse in the musical "Guys and Dolls", while he is on the run from the police. He runs into MCA, who asks him for a

title: Paul Revere (song)

text: soundtrack to the film "Wild Wild West". It was covered by Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" as part of their "History of Rap" medley. A cover was done by Zachariah and the Lobos Riders in a country styling on the album "Alcoholiday". A genre-bending cover was played by swing band The Asylum Street Spankers on their album "Mercurial". The Disco Biscuits debuted their cover of Paul Revere on New Year's Eve 2006 to open the second set. They continued to play it several times throughout 2007 and 2008. Paul Revere (song) "Paul Revere" is

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: "Promised Land", the Cowsills' "Indian Lake", as well as "These Are Not My People" and "Another Night of Love" for Columbia during this time while with the Raiders, as well as after leaving the Raiders. (Freddy's stint was 1967-73.) In a memorable event, Revere married for the second time on July 4, Bicentennial Year 1976 onstage at a Raiders show. Revere announced his retirement from the music business at the end of 1976, but was back on the road by 1978 with a new cast of Raiders. Along with guitarist Doug Heath, Revere linked in this period with a group

title: Operation Paul Revere

text: Korea Army 3rd Battalion, 1st Cavalry Regiment. While the 3rd Brigade and the Koreans deployed north and east of the Chu Pong Massif, on 31 July the 2/7th Cavalry was deployed by helicopter to LZ Orange 7 kilometres southwest of LZ Oasis. At dawn on 1 August the PAVN 32nd Regiment hit LZ Orange with mortar fire followed by 3 infantry assaults. The Americans called in air support and the PAVN withdrew to the northwest. The Americans lost 5 dead and 40 wounded, while a patrol found 28 PAVN dead. Operation Paul Revere officially concluded at midnight on 31 July

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: up at the Ed Sullivan Theater to perform with Volk and Smith for the very last time, but Revere refused to allow Levin to play. Unbeknownst to the group, Revere had hired a new guitar player, Freddy Weller, to perform that night. Levin held no grudges about this; he showed Weller the chords to the songs and watched from the wings as the Raiders made their one and only appearance on Sullivan's show on April 30, 1967. It was the only time that the lineup of Revere, Lindsay, Smith, Volk, and Weller performed together. The following month, Volk and Smith

title: Paul Revere

text: Style calendar then in use, or January 1, 1735, in the modern calendar. His father, a French Huguenot born Apollos Rivoire came to Boston at the age of 13 and was apprenticed to the silversmith John Coney. By the time he married Deborah Hitchborn, a member of a long-standing Boston family that owned a small shipping wharf, in 1729, Rivoire had anglicized his name to Paul Revere. Their son, Paul Revere, was the third of 12 children and eventually the eldest surviving son. Revere grew up in the environment of the extended Hitchborn family, and never learned his father's native

title: Paul Revere

text: in 1792 he became one of America's best-known bell casters, working with sons Paul Jr. and Joseph Warren Revere in the firm Paul Revere & Sons. This firm cast the first bell made in Boston and ultimately produced hundreds of bells, a number of which remain in operation to this day. In 1794, Revere decided to take the next step in the evolution of his business, expanding his bronze casting work by learning to cast cannon for the federal government, state governments, and private clients. Although the government often had trouble paying him on time, its large orders inspired him

title: Paul Revere Braniff

text: who would eventually become the President of Braniff Airways in 1954. Intending to retire from aviation, Paul Braniff sold the airline to his brother Tom. It was after Paul Revere Braniff left that Braniff International Airways became a major player in United States-South America travel and vice versa, as Braniff International Airways began daily flights to various points in that continent and to Europe after the jet era began, with their distinctive livery that included many colors not seen before on aircraft fuselages. Paul Revere Braniff went to Oklahoma to try to work as a mechanic, and he established the

title: Paul Revere House

text: flooring, foundation, inner wall material and raftering) is original to 1680, though none of the window glass is original. Its heavy beams, large fireplaces, and absence of interior hallways are typical of colonial living arrangements. The two chambers upstairs contain several pieces of furniture believed to have belonged to the Revere family. Immediately adjacent (across the entry courtyard, the original site of the John Barnard House) is the brick Pierce–Hichborn House, built about 1711 as an early Georgian house, and also operated as a nonprofit museum by the Paul Revere Memorial Association. In December 2016 the Paul Revere Memorial Association

title: Midnight poem

text: the other arguments put forward against Sappho's authorship unconvincing. The poem mentions two astronomical observations: that both the moon and the Pleiades had been visible, and then set, before midnight. Based on these, Mebius and Herschberg calculate that the moon described in the poem is in a crescent phase. The information about the Pleiades has been used to calculate the time of year that the poem is set: Mebius and Herschburg calculate that the dramatic date of the poem is between mid-January and late March; Using more precise assumptions (that the poem was written by Sappho on Lesbos, around 570

title: Paul Revere Dick

text: band continued its house band position on the ABC Saturday afternoon shows "Happening '68", and later "It's Happening". Lead singer Mark Lindsay and Revere became the hosts of the shows while the rest of the band added slapstick comedy to the show. Revere continued the legacy of the band until mid-2014 when his battle with cancer forced his retirement. He left his son Jamie to continue the legacy. Paul Revere Dick Paul Revere Dick, (January 7, 1938, Harvard, Nebraska - October 4, 2014, Garden Valley, Idaho) was an American musician, best known for being the leader, organist and (by dropping

title: The Death of the Author

text: the 1970s. New Criticism differs from Barthes' theory of critical reading because it attempts to arrive at more authoritative interpretations of texts. Nevertheless, the crucial New Critical precept of the "intentional fallacy" declares that a poem does not belong to its author; rather, "it is detached from the author at birth and goes about the world beyond his power to intend about it or control it. The poem belongs to the public." Barthes himself stated that the difference between his theory and New Criticism comes in the practice of "disentangling." Barthes' work has much in common with the ideas of

title: Operation Paul Revere

text: and was immediately succeeded by Operation Paul Revere II. Total US casualties were 66 killed, while the US had claimed that PAVN losses were 546 killed and a further 68 captured. Operation Paul Revere Operation Paul Revere was a 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division operation that took place west of Pleiku, lasting from 10 May to 1 August 1966. On 10 May 1966 following sightings of large People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces west of Đức Cơ and Plei Me Camps, the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division was deployed to Landing Zone Oasis to sweep the area to the southwest.

title: Paul Revere Braniff

text: as salesman, selling used aircraft parts to customers. Paul Revere Braniff was diagnosed with cancer later in his life, and he went on to spend his last couple of years relatively inactive. Expected to survive his cancer, Mr. Braniff suffered a cold in the summer of 1954, which later turned into a pneumonia. He had surgery to correct the pneumonia, but the surgery aggravated his cancer disease, He died on June 15, 1954, from complications of cancer that his doctors stated was directly connected with his pneumonia and resulting surgery. Paul Revere Braniff Paul Revere Braniff (August 30, 1897 –

title: In the Shadow of Midnight

text: In the Shadow of Midnight In the Shadow of Midnight is a 1994 historical novel by Canadian author Marsha Canham, the second instalment of her "Medieval" trilogy inspired by the Robin Hood legend set in 13th-century England. The story centres on the rescue of Princess Eleanor of Brittany, the rightful heiress to the English throne, who is held captive by her uncle King John. The novel was published by Dell Publishing in 1994 as a sequel to Canham's 1991 story, "Through a Dark Mist". A dream inspired Canham to reinterpret the legend of Robin Hood. She initially intended that Eduard

title: Midnight Ride (film)

text: Midnight Ride (film) Midnight Ride is a 1990 action/thriller with slasher elements directed by Bob Bralver. It stars Michael Dudikoff, Mark Hamill, Savina Gersak, and Robert Mitchum. After a heated argument with her military police turned cop husband, Lawson (Michael Dudikoff); Russian immigrant house wife, Lara (Savina Gersak) storms off into the night convinced he's more married to his job than her. On her drive to a friend's house, she takes pity on a mournful hitchhiker Justin Mckay (Mark Hamill), desperately searching for a ride. Her offer of a lift to him plunges her into a night of pure terror

title: Whalers of the Midnight Sun

text: Whalers of the Midnight Sun Whalers of the Midnight Sun (1934) is an adventure novel for children by Australian author Alan J. Villiers, and illustrated by Charles Pont. It won the in 1950 after it had been published in Australia for the first time by Angus and Robertson."' The novel follows the adventures of a fleet of seven ships in a Norwegian whaling expedition near the South Pole. The main characters of the book are a group of young boys who sign on for the expedition in Hobart, Tasmania. Len Barker in "The Argus" noted: "Mr. Villiers interweaves a fascinating

title: Lawrence Revere

text: Lawrence Revere Lawrence Revere (born Griffith K. Owens; November 5, 1915 – April 23, 1977) was an author, casino pit boss, and professional blackjack player best known for his book "Playing Blackjack as a Business". Revere played under multiple aliases, including Leonard "Speck" Parsons and Paul Mann. Revere had a degree in Mathematics from the University of Nebraska. He died on April 23, 1977 of cancer. Revere promoted the following card counting strategies developed with Julian Braun, which were detailed in "Playing Blackjack as a Business": Revere Point Count was highly popular in the early days of counting and is

title: The Bastard (novel)

text: reunited with Anne, he ran into Paul Revere again, this time with William Dawes and Samuel Prescott, on their famous "midnight ride" to warn the patriots that the British army is coming. Philip tries to see Anne, but her father will not allow him to, telling him Anne was too distraught when he left her. Then, Philip returns to O'Brian's farm to get Lumden's musket. Once there, he tells Daisy to tell Anne that he loves her. Philip participates in the Battle of Concord and afterwards, he is finally reunited with Anne. He tells her that he plans to marry

title: USS Paul Revere (APA-248)

text: Viet Nam, "Paul Revere" received word that had been struck and cut in two by . The stern section of the "Evans" was towed to Subic Bay and was in the floating drydock when "Paul Revere" arrived for upkeep. Toward the end of the deployment, "Paul Revere" participated in a series of "Keystone" operations beginning with Operation Keystone Eagle on 14 July 1969. After an impressive ceremony on the deep water piers in Da Nang Harbor, the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines boarded "Paul Revere" and sailed for Okinawa in the first increment of America's withdrawal from South Vietnam. A photograph

title: USS Paul Revere (APA-248)

text: got underway and spent the weekend at sea and even performed an Unrep. "Paul Revere" was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 January 1980, and subsequently sold through the Security Assistance Program to Spain on 17 January 1980, renamed "Castilla" (L-21). The Spanish Navy decommissioned the ship on 6 June 1998, and in 2000 it was scrapped at Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain, the seaport from which Columbus embarked on his second voyage. USS Paul Revere (APA-248) USS "Paul Revere" (APA/LPA-248) was the lead ship of the "Paul Revere" class of attack transport in the United

title: USS Paul Revere (APA-248)

text: USS Paul Revere (APA-248) USS "Paul Revere" (APA/LPA-248) was the lead ship of the "Paul Revere" class of attack transport in the United States Navy. She was named for the early patriot, Paul Revere (1735–1818). She later served in the Spanish Navy as "Castillia" (L-21). The ship was originally laid down as Maritime Administration Hull 27 on 15 May 1952 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey, and was launched on 11 April 1953 as the SS "Diamond Mariner", sponsored by Mrs. Franklin Ewers. The ship was delivered to MARAD on 22 December 1953, and was operated by

title: Paul French (author)

text: Honorary Research and Publications Director for the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland – China Branch. In 2011 French launched the Asian Arguments series of books for Zed Booksacting as the Series Editor. French is also the author of the blog "China Rhyming: A gallimaufry of random China history and research interests". "Midnight in Peking" (2012) is French's most commercially successful title. It has appeared on numerous best-seller lists around the world and won several awards: "Midnight in Peking" was also a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Paul French (author) Paul French (born 27 August 1966)

title: Paul Revere

text: termed "an insolent parade") and a famous depiction of the March 1770 Boston Massacre (see illustration). Although the latter was engraved by Revere and he included the inscription, "Engraved, Printed, & Sold by Paul Revere Boston", it was modeled on a drawing by Henry Pelham, and Revere's engraving of the drawing was colored by a third man and printed by a fourth. Revere also produced a bowl commemorating the Massachusetts assembly's refusal to retract the Massachusetts Circular Letter. (This letter, adopted in response to the 1767 Townshend Acts, called for united colonial action against the acts. King George III had

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: is not certain; however, both groups recorded it in the same studio in Portland, Oregon, in April 1963. By then, the Raiders included Revere, Lindsay, Smith, guitarist Drake Levin, and bassist Mike "Doc" Holliday, who was replaced in early 1965 by Phil Volk. In 1965, the Raiders began recording a string of garage rock classics. Under the guidance of producer Terry Melcher, the group relocated to Los Angeles and increasingly emulated the sounds of British Invasion bands such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Dave Clark Five, and the Animals, while adding an American, R&B feel. Their first major

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders discography

text: which reached number 11 on the Hot 100, as well as "Kicks", "Hungry", and "Good Thing", all of which peaked inside the top 10. In addition, the band's three 1966 studio albums—"Just Like Us!", "Midnight Ride", and "The Spirit of '67"—were each certified gold in the United States. The band's popularity began to wane during the late 1960s, but in 1971 they released their first U.S. number one single, "Indian Reservation", a song written by John D. Loudermilk. However, the band did not duplicate the song's success with any subsequent singles, and by 1975 Columbia Records abandoned the group. Notes

title: Midnight at the Well of Souls

text: Midnight at the Well of Souls Midnight at the Well of Souls is the first book in the Well of Souls series by American author Jack L. Chalker, first published as a paperback in 1977. Over a million copies of the original printing were sold, and reprints have continued for decades. It came in #18 in the 1978 Locus Poll Award for best science fiction. Elkinos Skander is an archaeologist stationed on the planet of Dalgonia. The planet was formerly occupied by the long-dead Markovian race, who are known only for the planet-sized computers they built into the crust of

title: Midnight Ride (film)

text: the head leading him to his real death, thus ending the film. The film was released on July 20, 1990 in the United States. Midnight Ride (film) Midnight Ride is a 1990 action/thriller with slasher elements directed by Bob Bralver. It stars Michael Dudikoff, Mark Hamill, Savina Gersak, and Robert Mitchum. After a heated argument with her military police turned cop husband, Lawson (Michael Dudikoff); Russian immigrant house wife, Lara (Savina Gersak) storms off into the night convinced he's more married to his job than her. On her drive to a friend's house, she takes pity on a mournful hitchhiker

title: Paul Revere Park

text: Paul Revere Park Paul Revere Park is a park located on the Charles River in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The park was the first park to open along the "Lost Half Mile" of the Charles River as mitigation for the taking of planned parkland for the construction of the Big Dig. The park runs along the Charles River between the Freedom Trail on North Washington Street and the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge. The park features a large oval-shaped lawn, an informal performance area, and a playground. The park first opened in 1999, although the upstream portions of the park

title: Paul Revere Park

text: were used as a staging area for the construction of the Zakim Bridge and did not open until 2007. A 690-foot pedestrian bridge under the Zakim Bridge and over the MBTA railroad tracks leading into North Station opened in 2012, connecting the park to North Point Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Paul Revere Park Paul Revere Park is a park located on the Charles River in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The park was the first park to open along the "Lost Half Mile" of the Charles River as mitigation for the taking of planned parkland for the construction of the Big Dig. The

title: The Queen of Hearts (poem)

text: was one of her frog footmen who was then sent to be beheaded as the Red queen ordered her fish butler to round up the frog footman's children whom she implied to love on toast. In its followup "Alice Through the Looking Glass" the White Queen had stolen a tart her mother was baking and hid the crumbs near the bed of her sister, the Red Queen. The Queen of Hearts (poem) "The Queen of Hearts" is an English poem and nursery rhyme based on the characters found on playing cards, by an anonymous author, originally published with three lesser-known

title: Paul Revere (song)

text: Paul Revere (song) "Paul Revere" is a song by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released as the third single from their debut album "Licensed to Ill" (1986). It was written by Adam Horovitz, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Rick Rubin. It was produced by Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys. The song tells a fictional story of how the Beastie Boys met. Adam Horovitz told how the song evolved from an incident when the Beastie Boys were waiting outside a recording studio for Run-D.M.C., when Joseph Simmons ("Run") suddenly came running down the street screaming incoherently. When he reached

title: Lawrence Revere

text: of composition-dependent strategy and floating advantage. And he trained many of the early counters, some of whom use his strategies to this day. Lawrence Revere Lawrence Revere (born Griffith K. Owens; November 5, 1915 – April 23, 1977) was an author, casino pit boss, and professional blackjack player best known for his book "Playing Blackjack as a Business". Revere played under multiple aliases, including Leonard "Speck" Parsons and Paul Mann. Revere had a degree in Mathematics from the University of Nebraska. He died on April 23, 1977 of cancer. Revere promoted the following card counting strategies developed with Julian Braun,

title: Where the Action Is

text: Individual episodes featured a wide range of guest performers, as detailed below. Tina Mason was a regular singer being promoted by Dick Clark on the show. She met and later married Phil Volk, the bass player for Paul Revere and the Raiders, whom she met on the "Action" set. They married on the second anniversary of the show's premiere, June 27, 1967. Also appearing were Steve Alaimo, Keith Allison (a Paul McCartney look-alike who later became a member of Paul Revere and the Raiders), and Linda Scott. Ms. Scott had a few hit singles as a teenager in the early

title: The Swimmer (poem)

text: white horses ! you gather and gallop, "Oh! brave white horses! you gather and gallop," Now the stoutest ship were the frailest shallop I would ride as never [a] man has ridden In your sleepy, swirling surges hidden, "I would ride as never man has ridden" To gulfs foreshadowed through straits forbidden, </poem> In addition to the D major melody, Elgar incorporates music from earlier songs in the cycle: "Where Corals Lie" (at "God surely loved us a little then") and "Sea Slumber Song" (at "The skies were fairer"). The Swimmer (poem) "The Swimmer" is a poem by the Australian

title: Paul Revere House

text: the attic had been removed). Second, a two-story lean-to was added in the ell between the two 17th-century portions of the house (this lean-to was removed by the restoration in 1907–1908). Paul Revere owned this house from 1770 to 1800, although he and his family may have lived elsewhere for periods in the 1780s and 1790s. It is believed that during the Revere occupancy the rear chimney was added (c. 1790) including the kitchen that visitors see in the first room they enter. After Revere sold the house, it became a tenement with its ground floor remodeled for use as

title: The Fugitive (poem)

text: The Fugitive (poem) "The Fugitive" (Beglets, ) is a poem by Mikhail Lermontov, written in 1838 (according to Pavel Viskovatov, citing Akim Shan-Girey, the poet's relative) and first published in 1846, by the "Sevodnya i Vtchera" (Today and Yesterday) almanac. The final one in Lermontov's Caucasian cycle, it was tagged as the "Highlanders' legend" by the author. The poem, telling the story of a young man who left the battlefield, returned home and was rejected by his loved ones, was apparently a take on the piece of a local folklore. The French author Tetbu de Marigny in his book "The

title: Paul Revere & the Raiders

text: this and says that The Wrecking Crew were only hired by Melcher and Lindsey to augment the band) and unhappy with a continued teen-oriented direction while a more serious rock 'n' roll style was emerging. The first to leave was Valley, who then embarked on a solo career. Drake Levin rejoined the band on guitar to finish the spring 1967 tour. Levin, Volk, and Smith flew to New York together when the Raiders were booked to perform on "The Ed Sullivan Show". Revere was upset about Valley, Volk, and Smith leaving the group, blaming Levin for their departures. Levin showed

title: USS Paul Revere (APA-248)

text: communications hardware to enable the ship to deploy as the flagship for Amphibious Groups I and III on a WestPac cruise in September 1970. The cruise began with "Paul Revere" escorting two new gunboats, and , to Pearl Harbor. During the 1970–71 cruise, under the command of a naval aviator, Captain Charles Lindberg, the ship visited Pearl Harbor, Bangkok, Subic Bay, Okinawa, Sasebo, Yokosuka, Hong Kong and Singapore. On the voyage to Singapore "Paul Revere" crossed the equator and initiated the crew's "pollywogs." In 1972 she participated in the Easter Offensives. Paul Revere (LPA-248) made a WESTPAC cruise Feb. -Sep.