USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -On April 18, 1775, British troops march out of Boston on a mission to confiscate the American arsenal at Concord and to capture Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, known to be hiding at Lexington.

Detailed explanation-3: -Paul Revere’s Ride. Who remembers that famous day and year. April 18, 1775… that was the date of the famous Paul Revere ride, and in 1860 when the poem was written, Longfellow noted that hardly a man is now alive who remembered the day and year…

Detailed explanation-4: -On April 18th, 1775, Revere made the most famous ride of his life, to Lexington, to warn patriot leaders in hiding there. During the Revolutionary War, Revere helped fortify Boston against a possible British attack.