THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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One if by land and two if by sky
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One if by sea or two if by land
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One if by sky and two if by sea
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One if by land and two if by sea
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Detailed explanation-1: -One if by Land, and Two if by Sea 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: -The words used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” to describe the signal used to guide the “midnight ride of Paul Revere” at the start of the Revolutionary War.
Detailed explanation-3: -If your question is about Paul Revere’s midnight ride (and the Longfellow poem), the British came “by sea”-across the Charles River then due west to Concord by way of Lexington. The “by land” option, not taken, was to march troops south to the Boston neck, then northwest to Concord.
Detailed explanation-4: -The signal was arranged just days before: One lantern if British regular troops march out of Boston by land, two if they depart by boats across the river. Revere himself was not waiting for this signal.