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J.L. Bell finishes up destroying every myth we hold dear about Paul Revere, ending with the fable that his ride actually made a difference.

Photos: Patriots Day in Concord.

It wasn't "The British are coming!"

Evan reports on his trek (so no, he didn't fall through); he saw plenty of ice-fishing holes and a snowman standing on the ice in the middle of the pond.

Joe Driscoll stayed firmly on solid ground as he photographed Forest Hills Cemetery in the snow.

Had to be talked out of trying to walk clear across Walden Pond.

We haven't been keeping up with our Concord news, so we were shocked yesterday when we made our annual trek to Arena Farms to learn the place was closing forever on Oct. 31:

Stacey reports on an encounter with a creepy-looking creep in Concord Center.

In a battle to the death, Jay Fitzgerald would give the nod to Concord's Minuteman:

... The hat does it for me. The Lexington statue makes the Minuteman look like a slimmed down version of Paul Bunyan. Besides, I like Concord center more than Lexington center. ... So there. Someone had to settle this simmering debate. ...

J.L. Bell sets the historical record straight on Henry Longfellow and his poem:

... "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" is bound to be a better story than "The Midnight Rides of Dozens of Guys, Most of Whom I Can't Name." ...

Sandouri Dean Bey got to know Nathaniel Hawthorne's wife while working as a tour guide at Salem's House of the Seven Gables:

... It has been said that when Hawthorne wrote The House of the Seven Gables, he based the character of Phoebe on his beloved Sophia. ...

J.L. Bell discusses the patriots who died on April 19, including Edward Barber, of Charlestown, age 14.