Paul Revere: Folk Hero

Folk hero Paul Revere was born January 1, 1735, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of Apollos Rivoire, a French immigrant who had come to America on his own at the age of 13, and Deborah Hichborn, a Boston native and the daughter of an artisan family.
Apollos, who changed his name to the more English-sounding Paul soon after arriving in America, was an artisan himself. After a long apprenticeship with a goldsmith, the elder Revere set up a shop of his own in the sometimes rough North End section of Boston. When he was old enough, his son Paul oldest of seven children, apprenticed with him.
By all accounts, the young Paul Revere was a serious and committed artisan.
When he was 19, tragedy struck when Revere’s father died, leaving his son to take over his business and support his mother and siblings. Soon, Revere also had his own family to care …show more content…
At 10 that night Revere rode to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the approaching British.

The battle at Lexington ensured, and with it, the American Revolution. During the war, Revere donned many different hats. He manufactured gunpowder and cannon for the Continental Army, printed the country’s first money, and commanded Castle William at Boston Harbor.

Later Years

Following the war, Revere continued to build on his reputation as a master craftsman and industrialists. He learned to roll copper-rolling mill. In addition, he operated a hardware store and later a foundry.

Respected for his work and charitable contributions including his involvement with the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, Revere retired from working life 1811 at the age of 76. He died in his home city of Boston on May 10, 1818.

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