The real midnight rider wasn't Paul Revere it was actually 25-year-old mail carrier named Israel Bissel. He rode some 400 miles in 5 days. He alerted local militias that a British Force was marching on Lexington & Concord.
Another rider was a 16-year-old girl named Sibyl Ludington, who rode more than 40 miles in 6 hours and called out any army of patriots to halt a British advance at Danbury, Connecticut. Paul Revere's mission was to warn rebel leader Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British soldiers were on the way to arrest them. Paul Revere never saw the signal and he wasn;t the only midnight rider.
Paul Revere rode into Lexington to warn the colonists. That's where the saying "The British are coming" comes from.
Paul Revere rode on horse back with William Daws to warn every one in the colonists the "The Redcoats Are Coming!".
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Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott
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They rode to alert the colonists of the arrival of British troops.
Paul Revere rode into Lexington to warn the colonists. That's where the saying "The British are coming" comes from.
Paul Revere rode on horse back with William Daws to warn every one in the colonists the "The Redcoats Are Coming!".
The patriot who famously warned Massachusetts colonists that the British were coming was Paul Revere. On the night of April 18, 1775, he rode through the countryside to alert colonial militias of the approaching British troops. His midnight ride became legendary and is celebrated as a symbol of American resistance during the Revolutionary War. Revere's warning helped prepare the colonists for the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Paul Revere rode his horse to warn the American colonists that the British troops were advancing. This event took place on the night of April 18, 1775, during the American Revolutionary War. Revere's famous midnight ride alerted the colonial militia and helped them prepare for the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Paul Revere (Got Captured) William Dawes (Warned) Samuel Presscot (Warned 2)
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for warning the militia that the British were coming. he rode through the night yelling: " THE BRITISH ARE COMING! THE BRITISH ARE COMING!
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott
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Revere, Dawes, and Prescott