Paul Revere
USS Constitution built in 1797 and still serving in the US Navy!
“Old Ironsides”, the USS Constitution, has been through it all and lived to tell about it – as her nickname suggests. Built of a study oak, pine, and hardware forged by Paul Revere himself, she was built to withstand and hold back enemy ships that, by her careful design, would be inferior to her.
Boston opens 'oldest' US time capsule from 1795
It dates back to 1795, and has been dubbed the oldest time capsule in America. On Tuesday, a museum in Boston re-opened the relic, last seen over a century and a half ago.
The Museum of Fine Arts in the northeastern city opened the time capsule at a press conference at 6pm (2300 GMT).
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US 1960s rock-and-roller Paul Revere dies at 76
Paul Revere, frontman and organist for 1960s American rock band Paul Revere and the Raiders has died, his band's website said Sunday. He was 76.
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