Paul Revere’s Philadelphia Connection

Paul Revere’s 1775 ride to alert Lexington and Concord that “the British are coming” is a legendary part of our nation’s founding narrative. But did you know that seven months before his famous midnight ride Revere rode to Philadelphia while the First Continental Congress was meeting at Carpenters’ Hall? And that this ride was actually the second time in 1774 that he rode from Boston to Philadelphia?

To mark the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride to the First Continental Congress, Carpenters’ Hall is teaming up with the Paul Revere House in Boston, and the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry to shed light on this forgotten chapter of American history. Witness Revere’s arrival by horse and hear from Revere himself and his fellow Bostonian John Adams, who was a delegate to the First Continental Congress, about the crucial news Revere delivered on his Philadelphia rides and how it impacted the course of the American Revolution.