250 Years Later, 2 Men To Embark On Recreating Paul Revere's Ride From Boston

CBS Boston

April 17, 2025

The 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous midnight ride to warn that the British were coming will take over Boston on April 18. The trek will be re-enacted by two men, one by foot the other by horse.

"There will be many around here. There will be many around Old North Church and the Revere House," said Michael Lepage, the actor who will be portraying Revere on foot. "When I was very little, my mother read me the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and I was captivated by it as a boy."

Lepage will leave Paul Revere's home in the North End and walk his way to Old North Church before reaching the pier. It was inside Old North Church that Robert Newman, the church sexton, lit two lanterns to signify that the British troops were coming by sea.

Michael Lepage, portraying Paul Revere, walks to Old North Church/CBS Boston

First Sgt. Matthew Johnson of the National Lancers has been reenacting Paul Revere's ride for 29 years/CBS Boston

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