Midnight Ride

  • Minutemen need to know that the regulars are comingĀ 
  • In 1776 Revere Dawes and Prescott made the famous ride
  • Delivering news of the British arrival was the mission of the riders
  • Night time covered the riders tracks
  • In the middle of the night they made the ride to Lexington
  • Gruelling was the pace that the horses ran
  • Hanging lanterns signaled the riders
  • Two lanterns hung to signal riders in boats

 

  • Redcoats are coming! The redcoats are coming!
  • If the ride wasn’t made the British would have won
  • Dawes was the most successful and wasn’t captured
  • Escaping capture by the British Prescott was the only one to finish the ride

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