April 18, 2013
PAUL REVERE'S MIDNIGHT RIDE BEGAN 238 YEARS AGO TONIGHT
Boston, Massachusetts (JFK+50) 238 years ago tonight, April 18, 1775, British troops under General Thomas Gage began to board boats which would take them across the Charles River to the road leading to Lexington and Concord.
Gage had been instructed to move His Majesty's troops to the Massachusetts towns where they would capture "rebel" leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, and also confiscate powder & shot.
Paul Revere* and William Dawes were told by Joseph Warren sometime after 9 p.m. that Redcoats were preparing to board boats to transport them across the Charles.
Revere had the sexton of the NORTH CHURCH to put 2 lanterns in the steeple to alert colonists in Charlestown of the pending British move while he crossed the Charles and began his famous "midnight ride."
Paul Revere Statue
Old North Church
Boston, Massachusetts
Photo by Daderot at en.wikipedia
As Revere rode through towns and villages along the way, he shouted out his warning, "The Regulars are out!"
Revere arrived at LEXINGTON around midnight while Dawes followed 30 minutes later.
Paul Revere Statue
Photo by John White (1987)
Sam Adams and John Hancock were able to escape to safety and Captain John Parker and his Lexington militia were making ready to defend their town.
*Paul Revere (1734-1818) was born in Boston to a French Huguenot silversmith. From 1773 to 1775, Revere served as a messenger for the Committee of Public Safety which required him to travel to New York and Philadelphia to report on the situation in Boston.
Revere was also an engraver who was a contributor to the Royal American Magazine. He died at the age of 83 at his home in Boston and his remains lie in the Granary Burying Ground.
Paul Revere Memorial
Photo by Rhythmic Quietude (2010)
"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"
"Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
You Tube Video
PAUL REVERE'S MIDNIGHT RIDE BEGAN 238 YEARS AGO TONIGHT
Boston, Massachusetts (JFK+50) 238 years ago tonight, April 18, 1775, British troops under General Thomas Gage began to board boats which would take them across the Charles River to the road leading to Lexington and Concord.
Gage had been instructed to move His Majesty's troops to the Massachusetts towns where they would capture "rebel" leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, and also confiscate powder & shot.
Paul Revere* and William Dawes were told by Joseph Warren sometime after 9 p.m. that Redcoats were preparing to board boats to transport them across the Charles.
Revere had the sexton of the NORTH CHURCH to put 2 lanterns in the steeple to alert colonists in Charlestown of the pending British move while he crossed the Charles and began his famous "midnight ride."
Paul Revere Statue
Old North Church
Boston, Massachusetts
Photo by Daderot at en.wikipedia
As Revere rode through towns and villages along the way, he shouted out his warning, "The Regulars are out!"
Revere arrived at LEXINGTON around midnight while Dawes followed 30 minutes later.
Paul Revere Statue
Photo by John White (1987)
Sam Adams and John Hancock were able to escape to safety and Captain John Parker and his Lexington militia were making ready to defend their town.
*Paul Revere (1734-1818) was born in Boston to a French Huguenot silversmith. From 1773 to 1775, Revere served as a messenger for the Committee of Public Safety which required him to travel to New York and Philadelphia to report on the situation in Boston.
Revere was also an engraver who was a contributor to the Royal American Magazine. He died at the age of 83 at his home in Boston and his remains lie in the Granary Burying Ground.
Paul Revere Memorial
Photo by Rhythmic Quietude (2010)
You Tube Video
