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Lanterns
Geraldine Davis
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∙ 7y agoIn the Longfellow poem The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere he uses poetic license to write lanterns were hung in the belfry of the church. "One if by land, two if by sea. I on the opposite shore will be." This poem was written in 1860 to remind people of the shared history before the civil war. It never happened as Longfellow wrote it, yet, somehow it became history.
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∙ 9y agoOne lantern would be lit if the British were coming by land and two of them lit if they were to come by sea.
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What was the lantern code used in the Old North Church to say how the British were coming?
One if by land, two if by sea.
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