William Dawes and Samuel Prescott
The colonists were warned of the British marching to Lexington and Concord by three riders- Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott. Prescott was from Lexington and he actually got farther than Revere, bringing the news that "the British are coming." Dawes and Revere were stopped by British soldiers and had to turn back.
Paul Revere left for Lexington, Massachusetts on the evening of April 18, 1775. This became known as the 'Midnight Ride.'
He rode from Charleston to Lexington on April 18th, 1775 to warn the Americans that the British were invading. He was the one who called the troops to action, and without him, the troops might not have been ready to fight. Without Revere, the British might have even one the Revolutionary War.
"It was the 18th of April in '75, hardly a man alive remembers that famous day and year." This was the day Paul Revere and Dawes warned the Americans in Lexington and Concord about the British troops. Eight Americans were killed. This was the shot heard round the world.
This occurred on April 18, 1775 during Revere's ride from Boston to Lexington and on to Concord, MA. Actually, he said, "The regulars are coming."
The colonists were warned of the British marching to Lexington and Concord by three riders- Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott. Prescott was from Lexington and he actually got farther than Revere, bringing the news that "the British are coming." Dawes and Revere were stopped by British soldiers and had to turn back.
Paul Revere left for Lexington, Massachusetts on the evening of April 18, 1775. This became known as the 'Midnight Ride.'
He rode from Charleston to Lexington on April 18th, 1775 to warn the Americans that the British were invading. He was the one who called the troops to action, and without him, the troops might not have been ready to fight. Without Revere, the British might have even one the Revolutionary War.
It began on the "18th of April in '75" with the battle of Lexington and Concord. The quote is from the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.
"It was the 18th of April in '75, hardly a man alive remembers that famous day and year." This was the day Paul Revere and Dawes warned the Americans in Lexington and Concord about the British troops. Eight Americans were killed. This was the shot heard round the world.
This occurred on April 18, 1775 during Revere's ride from Boston to Lexington and on to Concord, MA. Actually, he said, "The regulars are coming."
Ft. Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina April 12, 1861.
1775. Longfellow immortalized it in the third line of his poem: "The eighteenth of April in seventy-five".
A silversmith by trade, Paul Revere warned the countryside on April 18, 1775, as set down in Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride" (1861). He and his fellow riders William Dawes and Samuel Prescott were stopped, but Dawes and Prescott escaped. As Revere was brought toward Lexington, the sound of gunfire caused his three British captors to take his horse and head for the battle, and so he also escaped. He later helped John Hancock and his family to flee Lexington.
ride to Lexington to warn Hancock and Adams that the British troops were marching to arrest them
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott.
Paul Revere's famous Midnight Ride began in Boston which led him to Cambridge where he followed a trail from Lexington leading to Concord. This famous ride took place on the evening of April 18 1775.