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The Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere Summary

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During our childhood, many of us recited the poem “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem that we all remember as kids, actually has a lot of false information. First of all, when Paul Revere was alerted to head to concord to inform the citizens about the British forces, he was not alone. He had two other men alongside of him, named Samuel Prescott and William Dawes. On their journey to Concord only one of them made it successfully. Shortly after leaving Lexington the trio was stopped and detained by the British patrol. Samuel Prescott was the first to escape from the British, and made it to Concord. Upon arrival in Concord he alerted the citizens to insure the ammunition and weapons were protected. Not only
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