Talk:Paul Revere

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Contents 1 Towns 2 Boston Massacre picture 3 Baptism date 4 Paul Revere's Warning On The Midnight Ride 5 After His Capture

[edit] Towns

Should the Massachusetts town named after Paul be mentioned in the article?--Tikuko 16:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Of course! I add it, and a backlink.

There are also Revere, Minnesota and Revere, Missouri - are they named after him, too?

--Ikar.us (talk) 01:43, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

That might be hard to ascertain. I think we can afford to ignore these two very tiny "cities" (populations 100 & 121) without compromising the integrity of the article. Hertz1888 (talk) 01:55, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Boston Massacre picture

Should his engraving of the Boston massacre have a picture in here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RJRocket53 (talk • contribs) 06:06, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Baptism date

Paul Revere (bap. 22 December 1734 (OS) / 1 January 1735 (NS) – 10 May 1818) ....

This doesn't hang together. In the 18th century, the gap between the Julian and Gregorian calendars was 11 days. If the baptism occurred on 22 December 1734 (OS), this equates to 2 January 1735 (NS). Alternatively, if the long-traditional date of 1 January 1735 (NS) is correct, then this equates to 21 December 1734 (OS). We can't have it both ways. Maybe what we're trying to say is that he was baptised on 2 January (NS), and it's traditionally been assumed he was born the day before, 1 January. But we're currently saying he was born "in very late December". So we seem to be mixing baptism dates and assumed birth dates in the lead sentence. This needs to be sorted out pronto. -- JackofOz (talk) 07:16, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Paul Revere's Warning On The Midnight Ride

Contrary to popular belief, Paul Revere's warning on the Midnight Ride was not "The British are coming!" The majority ofthe colonists were British themselves, so it would not have made any sense. His warnng was, however, either, "The Redcoats are coming!" or, as the article says, "The regulars are coming out!" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.253.9 (talk) 03:39, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] After His Capture

After Paul's capture in Lincoln he was released by Major Mitchell and stripped of his horse (This horse in which he borrowed was never seen again after being rode to death). He then walked back to Lexington where he found Captain Parker and a handfull of his men still waiting for word from Thadeous Bowman, a rider dispatched by Captain Parker to find the location of the Regulars. Paul then met up with John Lowell, John Hancock's Secretary in charge of the Contidental Congress papaers from their meetings in Concord. This meeting was the reason for Adams and Hancock to be in Lexington. The trunk in which the papers were in was forgotten in the Buckman Tavern where Mr. Lowell was being housed. Mr Hancock and Adams in such great haste to flee town had left them behind and sent John Lowell back to fetch them. Mr. Lowell knowing Paul Revere being naighbors in Boston and Masonic Brothers asked for a helpful hand in retrieving this trunk and rushed to the Tavern. When in the upstairs room of Mr Lowell Revere noticed the regular column just a quarter of a mile away and reports being just 100yrds or so away from the meeting house with Mr. Lowell when the shots were fired.

JNicks76 (talk) 23:38, 9 June 2008 (UTC)