RE-ENACT START OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION AT FEDERAL PLAZA - Clingan …

The Vindicator | published: April 13, 2018

RE-ENACT START OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION AT FEDERAL PLAZA - Clingan Jackson (right foreground), chairman of the Mahoning-Youngstown Bicentennial Commission, and Merv Jones (at microphone on Jackson's left), WKBN Broadcasting Co. production director, discussed the historical importance of Paul Revere's famous ride with area residents Saturday in Youngstown Federal Plaza. Jackson noted many historians date the start of the American Revolution from Revere's ride, which occurred on April 18, 1775, and Jones read "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" by Longfellow.