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Robert Allison Chairman of History Department of Suffolk University when interviewed by NPR specifically supported Sarah Palin on Paul Revere.

Want to know the truth about Paul Revere? If so, your search would provide the perfect metaphor for yet another elusive historical figure: Sarah Palin. Where should you start? Right here my friend. I have carried a voluminous biography about Paul Revere around with me for at least ten years now. Am I bragging? Yeah, a little. The book itself is tattered beyond repair. I acquired it in Massachusetts at least twenty years ago and ten years later finally got around to reading it. The author, Esther Forbes, worked with the help of her mother Harriette M. Forbes to study...

I barely have to write the post this time. Did you hear? Sarah Palin is sooooo stupid. She believed that Paul Revere warned the British. Here, watch: (Video at Link and many links embedded in original article) Think Progress sniffs: As Mediaite’s Frances Martel notes, Palin’s version “wasn’t exactly the official History Channel rendition.” It’s hard to imagine why Revere would warn the British of anything, or why he’d do it with bells and gun shots. And as you can see, so did Frances Martel. So did Nicole Belle of the eponymous Crooks and Liars: Can we all just breathe...

MEDIA CAUGHT IN ANOTHER SMEAR… Palin Did Not Misspeak on Paul Revere by Jim Hoft Friday, June 3, 2011 The state-run media is having fun today smearing Sarah Palin on her historical knowlege. Yesterday she told reporters Revere warned the British that the colonial militias were waiting for them. Sarah Palin was right.Paul Revere did in fact tell the British that the colonial militias, who had been alerted, were waiting for them...

REVERE, Mass. -- A man walked into a Revere convenience store Thursday night, stripped naked, and then poured milk all over himself, according to investigators. The store owner said he's never seen anything like it. “It's very scary. Very scary. Especially, I did not witness or heard anything like this for a long time,” said Shaheedul Islam, the store owner. The store owner said he doesn't plan to file charges. Police said the intruder was having a bad reaction to his medication. He was taken to a hospital for a mental evaluation.

Paul Revere's Ride Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light,-- One if by land, and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every...

Earlier this year the Revere School Committee dropped a bombshell on the community. Without any warning, they voted to distribute contraceptives and the "morning after pill" to students in Revere High School. As Kathy Magno, an activist in Revere, told us, this was done without any notice to the community. There were no public hearings. No sub-committee meetings about it. It wasn't even on the agenda that day. Massachusetts Law appears to mandate that school committees run these ideas by a committee of the town's citizens before implementing them. And every town we know of (except Revere) has traditionally had...

Mass texting among “thousands” of Boston Public Schools students fueled a high-tech hooky Tuesday, as throngs of students skipped class for sunny Revere Beach. The coordinated flash truancy blindsided cops and school officials and led to widespread chaos and crime in the beach town, authorities said. The idea to skip school on the warmest day of the year went viral for the first time thanks to social networking Web sites, online instant messengers and text messages that can send mass instructions with a mere click. By noon, hordes of middle and high school students - who either slipped out of...

REVERE - An officer in the Revere Police Department's gang unit died last night, hours after he was shot in the head early yesterday in an outburst of violence that sent dozens of law enforcement agents throughout the city knocking on doors and questioning residents as they searched for suspects. Officer Daniel Talbot, 30, had been in grave condition much of yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital after being shot about 1:30 in the corner of the Revere High School parking lot near the bleachers by the school's baseball diamond, according to police officials and area residents. He died shortly before...

THE ILLEGALS ARE COMING…. THE ILLEGALS ARE HERE...Or What we can do to STOP the Invasion! Are you upset about the millions attending the illegal aliens rallies? Do you wonder if there are 11 million or 20 million here illegally? If there is an amnesty will it be 100 million in 8 years? Why is it that we don't see millions of American citizens and those who work to come here LEGALLY gather to show their numbers? Well, they have jobs. But what are YOU doing on the 4th of July? Most businesses will be closed and Americans will be...

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Waltham police searching for a father and his two sons said Monday that it appears the man took the children to Paris. Sidali Babali, 37, was last seen with Akram, 5, and Zakary Babali, 2, on July 16. They were supposed to be attending a cookout in Revere, Mass., that night, but never showed up. Late Monday, officials learned that the three boarded a plane Saturday night and traveled to Dublin and then to Paris. "I just want my kids back and to know that they are safe and nothing happened to them," Wahiba Babali, the children's...

In Massachusetts, British troops march out of Boston on a mission to confiscate the Patriot arsenal at Concord and to capture Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, known to be hiding at Lexington. As the British departed, Boston Patriots Paul Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback from the city to warn Adams and Hancock and rouse the Patriot minutemen.A system of signals and word-of-mouth communication set up by the colonists was effective in forewarning American volunteer militia men of the approach of the British troops.Around 5 a.m., 700 British troops under Major John Pitcairn arrived at the...

The birth-cry of America's armed forces by W. Thomas Smith Jr. April is a month chocked-full of American military anniversaries: The Continental Navy captured its first enemy warship in April 1776. Marines captured Tripoli, 1805. The Civil War began, 1861. Lee surrendered to Grant, 1865. The Spanish-American war began, 1898. The U.S. declared war on Germany, 1917. Doolittle raided Japan, 1942. American troops landed on Okinawa, 1945. The Bay of Pigs invasion was launched, 1961. The last American Marine left Saigon, 1975. The Air Force raided Libya, 1986. And Baghdad fell to U.S. forces, 2003. All are but a few...

Paul Revere's Ride The primary goal of the Brittish regulars was to aprehend the leaders of the opposition, Sam Adams and John Hancock. There secondary goal was, to disarm the populace along the way. Here's the whole story of Paul Revere's ride: Revere confronted 2 British regulars manning a road block as he headed north across Charlestown Neck. As he turned around, the regulars gave chase and he eluded them. He then continued on to Lexington, to the home of Jonas Clarke where Sam Adams and John Hancock were staying. There, his primary mission was fulfilled when he notified Adams...