USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Paul Revere arranged to have a signal lit in the Old North Church – one lantern if the British were coming by land and two lanterns if they were coming by sea – and began to make preparations for his ride to alert the local militias and citizens about the impending attack.

Detailed explanation-2: -They briefly hung two lanterns near the windows and made their escape. This signal, from the tallest structure in the town of Boston, served as an early warning that a detachment of the British Army was crossing the Charles River and heading west towards the towns of Lexington and Concord.

Detailed explanation-3: -Like so many New Englanders growing up, I learned about Paul Revere’s ride and how he instructed a friend to hang lanterns in the Old North Church to signal how the British would invade Boston-“One, if by land, and two, if by sea….” But who actually sent that signal, and what happened to the lanterns?

Detailed explanation-4: -It is most commonly known as the first stop on Paul Revere’s “Midnight Ride, ” where he instructed three Boston Patriots to hang two lanterns in the church’s steeple. The lanterns were used to inform Charlestown Patriots that the British were approaching by sea and not by land.

Detailed explanation-5: -On Revere’s command, a pair of lanterns were used to signal American militiamen of impending British army movements out of Boston. Afterwards, Revere rode out from Boston northwest towards Concord to warn of the British Army’s intent to seize a cache of arms and supplies hidden for use by the militia units in the area.