Historical clue formulations

• Boston herald? — 2024-09-24
• Title hero of a Longfellow poem — 2016-03-16
• 43-Across patriot who went on a "midnight ride" — 2013-07-22
• Figure on a $5,000 EE savings bond — 2012-09-14
• He didn't really cry "The British are coming!" — 2009-06-15
• Colonial silversmith — 2003-04-14
• Leader of pop music's 31-Down — 2002-07-15
• Subject of a Longfellow poem — 1996-08-08