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Yes, he did handbills for the patriot cause and worked with the Son's of Liberty. He only became famous in 1861 when Longfellow used his name in his poem The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. This was taken as history and for many years people have thought that Revere rode through the night yelling "the British are coming." This is not the truth of what happened that night. Yes, he did start for Concord, but was stopped by a British patrol and held. Two other men got to Concord to warn of the British marching from Boston. A young man by the name of Israel Bessel actually rode 300 miles warning of the British marching out of Boston, but we never hear of him.

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