USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On the night in question, (April 18, 1775), Paul Revere was given the task of warning Patriot leaders John Hancock and Sam Adams, who were in Lexington, that they were probable targets of a British operation.

Detailed explanation-2: -"Paul Revere’s Ride” is an 1860 poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, although with significant inaccuracies. It was first published in the January 1861 issue of The Atlantic Monthly.

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: -The first poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride, ” became a national favourite. Written in anapestic tetrameter meant to suggest the galloping of a horse, this folk ballad recalls a hero of the American Revolution and his famous “midnight ride” to warn the Americans about the impending British raid on Concord, Massachusetts.

Detailed explanation-5: -Paul Revere did not gain immediate fame for his April 1775 “Midnight Ride.” In fact, it wasn’t until Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1861 poem, which greatly embellished Revere’s role, that he became the folk hero we think of today.