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Historian Lepore Says Revere’s Ride Poem Is About Civil War

December 18, 2010 by PaulM Posted in Culture, Education, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

In today’s NYTimes, historian Jill Lepore, who has spoken in Lowell in the Parker Lectures series, writes that Longfellow’s famous poem about Paul Revere was prompted more by the coming Civil War than by the poet’s recollection of the Revolutionary War. Read the article here, and get the NYT if you want more.

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