USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Paul’s ride happened on April 18, 1775 (and the morning of April 19, if you want to get specific). It’s a big date in American history, the night before the first battles of the American Revolution. (That would be the battles of Lexington and Concord, on April 19, if you want US History bonus points.)

Detailed explanation-2: -Then, at about 10 p.m. on April 18, 1775, Revere set out in the dark from his North Boston home by horse with William Dawes to reach Adams and Hancock. The two riders met Adams and Hancock in Lexington and enabled the revolutionaries to avoid arrest.

Detailed explanation-3: -On the evening of April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren summoned Paul Revere and gave him the task of riding to Lexington, Massachusetts, with the news that British soldiers stationed in Boston were about to march into the countryside northwest of the town.

Detailed explanation-4: -In February 1756, he instead found a patriotic way to earn money. From February to November 1756, Second Lieutenant Paul Revere was an artillery officer in New York, joining thousands of Massachusetts men who served in New York and Canada during the Seven Years’ War.

Detailed explanation-5: -Find out what really happened on that historic night. In the spring of 1860, Harvard professor and well-regarded romantic poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow began working on a poem about an otherwise obscure messenger ride by American patriot Paul Revere on the evening of April 18-19, 1775.