Anti-semitism?
He wasnt a jew. Longfellow made Revere more of a legend then he deserved. When Revere died, there was no mention of his ride at all. Longfellow made all that crap up in 1860, after a visit to the Ole’ North Church. Paul barely got 2 miles into his ride, when he was busted and released by the Redcoats. So as to the Spirit, to paraphrase the line in ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence’ , “When the Spirit becomes truth, fictionalize the Spirit!”. 150 years from now, children will be reading books on how Rambo rescued POW’s and how Det. John Mclane save the world and never got true recognition.