tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post1172417034016859396..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: How the Signal Lanterns Started to Glow in American Culture Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-12387130440553568122018-04-14T16:05:12.515-05:002018-04-14T16:05:12.515-05:00Yes, I’ve discussed that aspect of the poem before...Yes, I’ve <a href="http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2007/09/new-light-on-paul-reveres-ride.html" rel="nofollow">discussed that aspect of the poem</a> before. This series focuses on several years after the Civil War when “Paul Revere’s Ride” was no longer resonating with current events but had started to define how Americans understood (or misunderstood) their history. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-12323737378863319652018-04-14T08:26:28.873-05:002018-04-14T08:26:28.873-05:00Worth recalling that Longfellow's poem was pub...Worth recalling that Longfellow's poem was published just before the start of the Civil War, and was as much an abolitionist call to arms as an ode to the Revolution as discussed in Jill Lepore's NYT piece from 2010:<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/opinion/19Lepore.htmlG. lovelynoreply@blogger.com