Paul Revere dies at 76, founded Paul Revere and the Raiders

Revere announced his retirement from the band in August ; the group plans to tour without him as "Paul Revere's Raiders". Archived from the original on 20 March During the same time period, Lindsay pumped gas in Wilsonville, Oregon. After his failed efforts to become a military officer he attempted to become a merchant, but was hindered by a number of factors: He soon opened an iron foundry in Boston's North End that produced utilitarian cast iron items such as stove backs, fireplace tools, and window weights, marketed to a broad segment of Boston's population. Alexander Hamilton 's national policies regarding banks and industrialization exactly matched his dreams, and he became an ardent Federalist committed to building a robust economy and a powerful nation.