Article: Revolution road. (Up Front).

Every school kid knows the story of Paul Revere. He was the silversmith who tore out of Boston on horseback at midnight to warn folks in nearby Lexington and Concord that British troops were on the way. Thanks to him, the militia was ready.

I was sure I knew the tale. Or I thought I did until I visited Boston in March. I was there to meet a friend's parents, who live in Bedford. From Boston, you drive out the Battle Road, where British troops and American militia skirmished, and hang a right at Meriam's Corner, site of an American ambush. Rough stone walls still line the road, as they did 227 years ago.

My friend's dad told me the best account of the ...

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