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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20020307
Author:RON DePASQUALE, Associated Press Writer

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Dateline: BOSTON Henry Wadsworth Longfellow launched an obscure Boston patriot into stardom with his 1860 poem "Paul Revere's Ride."

Longfellow exercised some poetic license when he tinkered with the famous "one if by land, two if by sea" ride of April 18, 1775. But the folks at the Paul Revere House, Boston's oldest home, are happy to set the record straight.

About 230,000 visitors come to 19 North Square in Boston's North End every year to visit the house. About 90 percent of the original wooden structure remains, dating to 1680.

Several of the ...

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