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Who's buried in Dawes's tomb?

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20070225
Author:a teacher; frequent contributor to the; Ron Fletcher; Ron Fletcher

TUESDAY MARKS THE 200th birthday of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an event that has occasioned a commemorative US postal stamp featuring the poet. No celebration of Longfellow, however, can be complete without also paying homage to Paul Revere, the patriot immortalized in Longfellow's famous poem about "the midnight ride" of April 18, 1775. And sure enough, Longfellow shares his stamp with Revere, shown on horseback above the poet's shoulder.

William Dawes Jr., the other midnight rider, has been left out of the festivities, an apt omission, given his absence from Longfellow's poem. History has ...

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