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Except we don't, because Paul Revere's ride never actually happened -- at least not the way we think it did. Paul Revere didn't ride through the streets of Concord hollering a warning. He didn't even make it to Concord at all. Paul Revere, an activist in the Patriot movement, rode that night with two other men, Samuel Prescott and William Dawes.
- Did Paul Revere say, “The British are coming”? That seems highly unlikely for several reasons. Revere was on a secret mission to warn the Patriots about the advance of British forces, and at the time, the colonists were British.
- Did Revere ride by himself at midnight to warn the Patriots? There were multiple riders as part of the intelligence effort set up by the Patriots. Two other men, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott rode with Revere.
- Who shot the shot heard 'round the world? In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Concord Hymn,” the “embattled farmers” fired “the shot heard 'round the world” at the British regulars in Concord.
- Were the colonists just a bunch of farmers fighting against the British? In reality, the Patriots at Lexington and Concord were well organized and well supplied.
Paul Revere (born about January 1, 1735, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died May 10, 1818, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) was a folk hero of the American Revolution whose dramatic horseback ride on the night of April 18, 1775, warning Boston -area residents that the British were coming, was immortalized in a ballad by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Paul Revere (/ r ɪ ˈ v ɪər /; December 21, 1734 O.S. (January 1, 1735 N.S.) [N 1] – May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, military officer and industrialist who played a major role during the opening months of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, engaging in a midnight ride in 1775 to alert nearby minutemen of the approach of British troops prior to the battles of ...
Oct 29, 2009 · The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. As Revere was settling into his Boston home in the early 1770s, he became active politically. He responded to the new laws about tea imports that bypassed Boston ...
Jul 4, 2016 · Paul Revere’s storied “midnight ride” is the stuff of American legend. (Image source: WikiCommons) “Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1863. By George ...
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Apr 19, 2021 · On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere was sent for by Dr. Joseph Warren, the last major patriot leader left in Boston and a personal friend of Revere’s. When he arrived at Dr. Warren’s ...
