Paul Revere is being remembered 250 years after his famous April 18 ride. Revere's ride from Boston was the precursor to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

“This Friday night we are commemorating the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride on the actual ... this in the same old taverns where the Sons of Liberty were planning the revolution ...

“Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” Revere was brave ... He joined a separatist group known as the Sons of Liberty, helped organize the Boston ...

Paul Revere led his famous midnight ride warning patriots of the presence of British soldiers before the onset of the ...

Meanwhile, another female avatar for the nation was capturing the imaginations of millions of new immigrants from Italy, Poland and Russia: the Statue of Liberty, dedicated in New York Harbor in 1886.