USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The route follows Main Street in Charlestown, Broadway and Main Street in Somerville, Main Street and High Street in Medford, Medford Street to Arlington center, and Massachusetts Avenue the rest of the way through Lexington and into Lincoln. Revere’s ride is reenacted annually.

Detailed explanation-2: -Then, at about 10 p.m. on April 18, 1775, Revere set out in the dark from his North Boston home by horse with William Dawes to reach Adams and Hancock. The two riders met Adams and Hancock in Lexington and enabled the revolutionaries to avoid arrest.

Detailed explanation-3: -On December 13, 1773, Revere and his associates dressed as Indians and dumped tea into Boston Harbor. After the British seized a supply of the colony’s gunpowder, Revere organized a system to detect and warn others in advance of British troop movements.

Detailed explanation-4: -Revere rode through northern Boston, through what is now Medford, Somerville, and Arlington warning the American patriots about the enemy’s movement. Contrary to popular beliefs, Paul Revere never shouted the phrase “the British are coming, ” and instead rode swiftly and in secrecy northward.

Detailed explanation-5: -“Paul Revere Arousing Hancock and Adams.” Wikimedia Commons. Paul Revere began his famous ride from Boston to Concord, around 11:00pm on April 18, 1775, informing the residents and militiamen that the British were on the march. He arrived in Lexington, a town about 10 miles from Boston, around midnight.