S3·E4 Paul Revere: The Midnight Rider

He risked everything to free his nation. Now venture into the incredible life and legacy of Paul Revere, the master silversmith who forever changed the course of American history.

Every child knows of Revere’s thrilling “midnight ride,” but beyond the folklore was a man at the center of a revolution. Although he is one of the country’s first folk heroes—inspiring Longfellow’s famous 1861 poem—few people realize that Revere also led the Sons of Liberty, risked death as a courier and spy, helped organize the Boston Tea Party, and used his smithery skills to engrave powerful propaganda that enraged British rulers.

Biography presents a rousingly unique look at the famed patriot, chronicling his service as a Continental Army colonel in the war—and beyond—to his prosperous life as an early American industrialist.