The Man Behind the Legend
Paul Revere was born in Boston’s North End on December 21, 1734, the third of nine children and oldest surviving son to Apollos Rivoire, a French Huguenot who emigrated to Boston at thirteen. His father anglicized the family name to Paul Revere, passing his goldsmith trade to his son. At the age of thirteen, Paul Revere left school and became an apprentice to his father, with silversmithing affording young Paul connections with a cross-section of Boston society that would serve him well during the American Revolution. When tragedy struck and his father died when Paul was just nineteen, he suddenly became responsible for supporting his mother and siblings while…..