Overview

• Reenactors are retracing Paul Revere's historic route to mark the 250th anniversary of his midnight ride on April 18–19, 1775, which warned militias of British troop movements.
• The National Parks of Boston has launched a turn-by-turn digital map overlaying Revere’s original route onto modern streets to help the public explore the historic path.
• A new one-act play, 'Paul Revere Resists,' uses the ride as a lens to draw parallels between Revolutionary-era struggles for self-governance and modern political threats.
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1860 poem, which mythologized Revere’s ride, is being revisited in performances to explore its historical and contemporary significance.
• The commemorations span urban and suburban landscapes, with efforts to engage communities through historical programming and digital tools despite limited physical markers of the route.