USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Early on the morning of April 19, a British patrol captured Revere, and Dawes lost his horse, forcing him to walk back to Lexington on foot. However, Prescott escaped and rode on to Concord to warn the Patriots there.

Detailed explanation-2: -He is best known for his role in Paul Revere’s “midnight ride” to warn the townspeople of Concord, Massachusetts of the impending British army move to capture guns and gunpowder kept there at the beginning of the American Revolution. He was the only participant in the ride to reach Concord.

Detailed explanation-3: -On this night in 1775, Paul Revere was instructed by the Sons of Liberty to ride to Lexington, Mass., to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them.

Detailed explanation-4: -But there are a few things Henry Wadsworth Longfellow glossed over: namely that Revere wasn’t alone on his famous ride, when he warned American patriots that British troops were on the move, this night in 1776. A more accurate title would have been “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott.”

Detailed explanation-5: -Samuel Prescott was a physician who lived in Concord, Massachusetts. In the early hours of April 19, 1775, he joined Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn people the British were marching to Concord. Prescott is the only one of the three who actually made it to Concord.