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Today in American Military History -- 1775
Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, & William Dawes take a little ride...
Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, & William Dawes take a little ride...
Paul Revere - The Midnight Ride
Posted from paulreverehouse.org
American History
Military History
Boston
War of Independence
Posted >1 y ago
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Coincidence, I was going to post this this morning also but you beat me to it. Great history post!!!!
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COL John McClellan
Can't miss the 18th of April in '75... and tomorrow will be the "Shot heard 'round the World"...
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And Israel Bissell, the REAL hero of that night (and for four additional days!!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Bissell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Bissell
Israel Bissell (1752– October 24, 1823) was a patriot post rider in Massachusetts who brought news to American colonists of the British attack on Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. He reportedly rode for four days and six hours, covering the 345 miles from Watertown, Massachusetts to Philadelphia along the Old Post Road, shouting "To arms, to arms, the war has begun", and carrying a message from General Joseph Palmer, which was copied at...
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