Paul Revere´s Midnight Ride
In 1774 Paul Revere was employed by the Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Massachusetts Committee of Safety as a rider to carry news, messages, and copies of resolutions anywhere, from New York to Philadelphia.
On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere was sent by Dr. Joseph Warren and instructed to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them. After crossing the Charles River to Charlestown, Paul Revere borrowed a horse from his friend Deacon John Larkin. While in Charlestown, he verified that the local "Sons of Liberty" committee had seen his arranged signals. The signal was based on two lanterns that had been hung in the bell-tower of Christ Church in Boston, indicating that troops would arrive "by sea" across the Charles River to Cambridge, rather than marching "by land" out Boston Neck. Revere had arranged for these signals the previous weekend, as he was afraid that he might be prevented from leaving Boston.
On the way to Lexington, Revere "alarmed" the country-side, stopping at each house, and arrived in Lexington about midnight. As he approached the house where Adams and Hancock were staying, a man asked that he should not make so much noise. "Noise!" cried Revere, "You'll have noise enough before long. The British are coming out!" After delivering his message, Revere was joined by a second rider, William Dawes, who had been sent on the same task by a different route; Deciding on their own to continue on to Concord, Massachusetts, where weapons and supplies were hidden, Revere and Dawes were joined by a third rider, Dr. Samuel Prescott. Soon after, all three were arrested by a British patrol. Prescott escaped almost immediately, and Dawes soon after. Revere was held for some time and then released. Left without a horse, Revere returned to Lexington in time to witness part of the battle on the Lexington Green. In conclusion Revere´s midnight ride saved some of the most important leaders of the American Revolution from being trapped maybe even killed by the British Troops.
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