Paul Revere's Ride: April 18-19, 1775
Owen Thomas, writer of The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Science Monitor
April 18-19, 1775
9:30 p.m.: William Dawes, a tanner, rides slowly past British guards on Boston Neck, the only land route out of the city.
10 p.m.: Paul Revere contacts friends to hang two lanterns in the Old North Church. That's a signal to patriots in Charlestown that British troops are coming by sea, and to prepare a horse for an express rider. The troops aim to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington, and seize munitions at Concord. 10 p.m.: British troops are quietly awakened for their secret mission. Between 800 and 900 troops will be ferried from an isolated beach in the Back Bay across to Cambridge. 11 p.m.: Revere lands in Charlestown and …
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Article title: Paul Revere's Ride: April 18-19, 1775.
Contributors: Owen Thomas, writer of The Christian Science Monitor - Author.
Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor.
Publication date: April 14, 1998.
Page number: 8.
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