THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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Lanterns hanging in the Old North Church.
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A shot from a musket across the Mystic River.
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The chimes on the village clocks.
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A horse riding loudly over cobblestone.
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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. “One if by land, and two if by sea.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Paul Revere Lantern He ordered fellow Patriots to set two lighted lanterns in the belfry of Boston’s Christ Church (Old North Church). This prearranged signal was intended for the Patriot leaders across the Charles River in Charlestown and indicated the route of the British march.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -Paul Revere tells his friend to use a lantern to signal when the British are coming. Some people know that the British soldiers will come into town at night. Half of the soldiers will march across land, and the other half will come by boat.