It was a signal agreement. If the British army were coming by land, there would be one lantern showing. If the British army were coming by ship (sea), there would be two lanterns showing.
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"No body actually knows different story's been pasted on for years nobody actually knows if the British came by land or by sea different story's been pasted on for many years." Is NOT true. the real answer is.. They would hang two lanterns, light one if by land, two if by sea. Of course there wasn't a "3" because they didn't have airplanes! When it was night and two lanterns were lit and Paul Revere saw it, he jumped on his horse, and declared, "The British are coming!". Two other men joined his escapade to save the country.
They attacked by land and by sea from all sorts of angles and directions.
On April 18th, 1775 the signal was to tell Paul Revere whether the British were going to approach Lexington by sea or by land. A patriot placed two lamps in the tower and Paul Revere then spread the word to the rest of the patriots so they could be ready for the battle.
During the Revolutionary War, Boston was anticipating an invasion by the British. Someone was posted in the Old North Tower and instructed to watch and light one lantern if the forces came by land and two lanterns if they approached by sea. From there, Paul Revere rode through the streets spreading the word so the people could respond accordingly.
This saying refers to a signal used by Paul Revere during the American Revolution to warn of the approach of British troops. "One if by land, and two if by sea" instructed that one lantern lit in the Old North Church meant British troops were advancing by land, while two lanterns meant they were approaching by sea.
one definition of shore is the shore by the sea. This is simply the age of the sea, where the sea meets the land. The shore.
"By land and by sea."
Eagle-Air Globe-land Ancher-sea "In the Air, on Land, and Sea"
"By land and by sea."
the land next to a sea, seashore
a place or land next to a sea. which baisically means sea bound or sea side
it reefers to a warning signal about the British invading in Revolutionary times.(Paul Revere)
SEa Air and Land
and people if you get what i mean
Sea, Air, Land
the two symbols were one lantern if they came by land and two if they came by sea.