In 1860, the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned his famous “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,” forever cementing Revere’s status as one of America’s original and most significant patriots. Paul Revere lived a particularly storied life — he was a silversmith, an entrepreneur, a militiaman, Freemason, and a family man. His life is intrinsically linked with the formation of the United States thanks to his role in the American Revolution. Not only that, as the second Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, he also was a prominent figure in the development of early Freemasonry in our nation.

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