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Paul Revere

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Marker Inscription

Here in North Square lived Paul Revere and his wife Rachel Revere for whom this overlook is named Here lived Major Pitcairn of the soldiery occupying Boston in 1775 Governor Thomas Hutchinson Sir Harry Frankland William Clark The alarm that British troops were marching to Concord to seize patriot stores was given by Paul Revere Many men on North Square and its neighborhood joined the Boston Tea Party at Griffin's Wharf and threw the tea overboard This public open space built and this tablet erected by the Boston Park Commission Erected August 1946 Hon. James M. Curley, Mayor of Boston William P. Long, Chairman, The Park Commission Theodore G. Hafenreffer Frank R. Kelly Park Commissioners

Erected by The Boston Park Commission

The Story

North Square was one of colonial Boston's most storied neighborhoods, home to the silversmith and patriot Paul Revere and his wife Rachel. Their neighbors included the British marine Major Pitcairn, royal Governor Thomas Hutchinson, and merchant families of the town. From here Revere carried the alarm that British troops were marching on Concord, and many local men joined the Boston Tea Party at Griffin's Wharf.

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This small square sits at the heart of Revolutionary Boston, where ordinary craftsmen and merchants became agents of American independence.

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  • · Paul Revere
  • · Rachel Revere
  • · Major Pitcairn
  • · Thomas Hutchinson

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  • · Boston Tea Party
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