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May 2, 1775: Meet Rachel Revere

May 02, 2025
Cover art for May 2, 1775: portrait of Rachel Walker Revere by Gilbert Stuart, 1812.

Rachel Walker Revere was Paul Revere’s second wife. When he married her, he’d only been a widower for a few months, so clearly she made a big impression on him, especially since they remained together until her death in 1813 (one year after the portrait in today’s artwork was painted), and he didn’t remarry after that.



Rachel was a very supportive wife to Paul, by most accounts, but she was also willing to give him grief when he deserved it, as you’ll learn in today’s episode.



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