A couple years ago, Jennifer and I went to Boston for our 15th wedding anniversary. We were riding a tour bus around the city hearing about some of the Revolutionary War sites that we passed and found that one of the historical sites we passed had a direct connection to our family. Remember the story about the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere? The road along which this ride took place is now part of
Minute Man National Historic Park, and Hartwell Tavern is one of the locations on the road. As it turns out, this building and its residents played an important but lesser known role in the story of Revere's famous ride.
