Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's acclaimed poem "Paul Revere's Ride" immortalizes the Boston silversmith and patriot who warned colonists of an impending British attack. The poem recounts how Revere, learning that British troops were leaving Boston to arrest Sons of Liberty leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington, arranged for two lanterns to be hung in the Old North Church steeple to signal British movements across the Charles River.

The year 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Revere's historic midnight journey on April 18, 1775, when he departed from his North Boston home on horseback alongside William Dawes. Together, they successfully reached Adams and Hancock in Lexington, delivering their crucial warning and allowing the revolutionary leaders to escape capture by British forces.