Hello,   In this morning's MassMoment's e-mail there is a story about Paul REVERE's statue.      One thing which is mentioned is that his father's name was:      Paul Revere was born in Boston in December 1734 to Apollos Rivoire, a French immigrant, and Deborah Hichborn. His father changed his name to Revere sometime before his son's birth. The elder Revere was a goldsmith, and Paul apprenticed with him. He was only 19 when his father died but already skilled enough working with metal to take over his father's shop two years later.   http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=275   And the sculptor, Cyrus DALLIN, is mentioned:     ...in 1940, a bronze statue of Paul Revere was unveiled in the shadow of the Old North Church. In the crowd of 8,000, stood the sculptor — 79-year-old Cyrus Dallin. He had waited 55 years since a committee had first selected his design to see his statue erected. Not surprisingly, the statue showed Revere astride a horse, as he was during his legendary ride. But Revere's accomplishments did not end with independence   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Edwin_Dallin   Betty               (near Lowell, MA)