Samuel de Champlain

Historical marker location:

Gloucester, Massachusetts

( Marker is on Rocky Neck Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1930

1630 - 1930.

The famous poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tells the story of Paul Revere's legendary midnight ride from Boston to Lexington and Concord to warn the colonists of British troop movements. While the poem is a beloved part of American history, it contains many inaccuracies.