Voices of the Revolution: The Five Riders [Four + One]

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...Paul Revere, born in Boston in 1734... After the death of his father in 1754, Paul enlisted in the provincial army to fight in the French and Indian War...

When the war was over, he returned to Boston to take over his father's silversmith business, only to fall into financial difficulties during the Stamp Act of 1765. Frustrated by this gave him cause to join the Sons of Liberty...

On the night of April 18, 1775, Joseph Warren sent Revere to send the signal to Charlestown that the British troops were on the move... His journey ended in Lexington where he met other Sons of Liberty John Hancock and Samuel Adams.

Afterwards, after meeting up with William Dawes and Samuel Prescott... Revere would be captured by the British, but his comrades would be more successful in their journeys...

Unlike the more famous names of Revere, Dawes, and Prescott, Israel Bissell (also known to history as both "Isaac" or "Trail" Bissell) was the man who made the longest ride in mid April 1775, starting around the 13th of that month. According to legend, a professional post rider for the American colonists, Bissell rode four days and six hours along the Old Post Road, covering a total of 345 miles in that time. According to the story, he shouted along the way "To arms, to arms, the war has begun," in the sensationalist manner which would bring the most attention, and most likely make the best newspaper headlines.

Bissell began his journey in Watertown, Massachusetts, just to the west of Boston, and drove his first horse so hard that it died just outside of Worcester, Massachusetts. He continued down to Philadelphia warning the militias along the way...

Sybil Ludington... would not make her journey until April 26, 1777...

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Israel Bissell Ride to Philadelphia

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Israel Bissell outrode Paul Revere, yet didn’t get a poem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1817484/posts

Sarah Palin Explains Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2729448/posts

Sarah Palin defends her take on Paul Revere’s ride
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2730145/posts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dawes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Prescott

Samuel Prescott Poem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02dc7gDmeGE
http://www.teenink.com/poetry/free_verse/article/519201/Dr-Samuel-Prescott/
http://www.smartalecksguide.com/2009/12/samuel-prescott-poem-2-hee-hee.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere%27s_Ride_(poem)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Ludington

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The 240th anniversary is coming up in April.

[skr]

Bfl, thank you for posting this.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure! For some reason I got thinking about this, probably heard something in my sleep with the TV on. :’)

[Does so]

...”rendered ufelefs” wasn’t pronounced as it’s spelled!

[P.O.E.]

Cool, thanks!

[SunkenCiv]

The Paul Revere keyword, newest to oldest, with seven exclusions for irrelevancy:

• Voices of the Revolution: The Five Riders [Four + One] [2015]
• 1795 Boston Time Capsule Opening on Jan. 6 [Epiphany] [2014]
• Paul Revere's 1795 time capsule unearthed [2014]
• Oldest Time Capsule in US Unearthed at Massachusetts State House(buried By Sam Adams & Revere) [2014]
• The American Flag Daily: Dr. Joseph Warren [2014]
• Paul Revere's Ride (Tomorrow in History- 4/18/1775) [2014]
• Paul Revere's Ride [2012]
• Paul Revere's Ride [2012]
• Lost And Found: Rare Paul Revere Print Rediscovered [2012]
• ANN COULTER: THIS IS WHAT A MOB LOOKS LIKE [2011]
• Sarah Palin YouTube Tread [2011]
• Limbaugh Makes Major Announcement! "Two If By Tea!" [2011]
• Palin, Paul Revere, and Republicanism [2011]
• Poll: Sarah Palin Surprisingly Leads 2012 GOP Contenders After Bus Tour [2011]
• EDITORIAL: The media ride of Sarah Palin--The left does not revere history [2011]
• Big Media Eats Crow While Palin Plays Gotcha (Sarah was right about Paul Revere) [2011]
• PRUDEN: She gets it right, you betcha [2011]
• NPR defends Palin? [2011]
• Sarah Palin; Paul Revere explains his midnight ride and what he told the british [2011]
• (Vanity) Sarah and the Snobs, or, The True Measure of Intelligence [2011]
• Hey Brian Williams, Palin was RIGHT about Paul Revere you know. [2011]
• Sarah Palin Was Right About Paul Revere. [2011]
• Experts back Sarah Palin's historical account [2011]
• Historians agree: Palin was right about Paul Revere [2011]
• You know how Sarah Palin said Paul Revere warned the British? Well, he did. Now, who looks stupid? [2011]
• Experts back Sarah Palin's historical account: You betcha she was right! [2011]
• The Palin Apologists Strike Back [liberal trash zot bait] [2011]
• Sorry Libs... Sarah Palin Stands By Her Correct Version of Paul Revere's Ride (Video) [2011]
• Paul Revere's Midnight Ride - Liberty's Kids supports Sarah Palin [2011]
• Only AP Article on Palin Fox News Sunday Interview: Palin: I didn't mess up Paul Revere history [2011]
• Sarah Palin defends her take on Paul Revere's ride [2011]
• Surprise! Sarah Palin Was Right About Paul Revere [2011]
• That Stupid Palin, Getting Her History Right [2011]
• Still Rogue, Palin Embraces Media (17 interviews in 4 days) [2011]
• The Lamestream Media Didn't Warn Us: "Barack Obama is Coming!" [2011]
• MEDIA CAUGHT IN ANOTHER SMEAR... Palin Did Not Misspeak on Paul Revere [2011]
• Governor Palin Gives the Media a History Lesson on Paul Revere's Midnight Ride [2011]
• Sarah Palin Explains Paul Revere's Midnight Ride [2011]
• Patriots' Day: Battles of Lexington and Concord --1775- "The Shot Heard 'Round The World" [2011]
• THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE [2011]
• Searching For Paul Revere [2010]
• The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere [2010]
• British warship Somerset resurfaces off Cape Cod [2010]
• British warship Paul Revere eluded resurfaces in Cape Cod [2010]
• Mercy Otis Warren. Abigail Adams. Betsy Ross. Dolley Madison. MICHELE BACHMANN [2010]
• What's so important about April 19, 1775 (history lesson) [2009]
• The Shot Heard 'Round the World'(April 19, 1775) [2008]
• Paul Revere's Ride [2008]
• This day in History,The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,April 18,1775,in his own words. [2007]
• Israel Bissell outrode Paul Revere, yet didn't get a poem [2007]
• Pat Boone: Honor to whom honor is due: The National Guard [2007]
• American Hero: Samuel Whittemore (80 Years Old!) Takes on the Redcoats on April 18, 1775 [2006]
• April 19: Freedom's Birthday [2006]
• April 18, 1775: Revere (and others) Protect Their Right to Bear Arms [2006]
• General who lost his wife to the American Revolution [2006]
• This Day in History,April 18,1775;REVERE AND DAWES RIDE: "One if by land,and two if by sea;" [2005]
• Massachusetts: Great State, but How Do You Explain Kennedy and Kerry? [2005]
• The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Penobscot Expedition (1779) - Jul. 22nd, 2004 [2004]
• Paul Revere's Ride....April 18, 1775 [2004]
• The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Paul Revere - September 20th, 2003 [2003]
• U.S. Changes Policy in Grant to Church [2003]
• To all modern day patriots... [2003]
• Revisiting Lexington [2003]
• Paul Revere's Ride [2002]
• The Battle of Lexington and Concord - April 19, 1775 [2002]

[sauropod]

Thanks for posting this!

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure!

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure!

[SunkenCiv]

Yes it was, but only by George Washington and his damned dentures.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Revolutionary War Ping list.

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Rev. War, George Washington; Founding Fathers ping list.

[afraidfortherepublic]

For some reason I got thinking about this, probably heard something in my sleep with the TV on. :’)

There is a LOT on TV about the Revolutionary War recently. Check the History Channel, The American Heros Channel, THe H2 Channel, and the Smithsonian Channel. As a consequence, I'm setting the DVR a lot and spending too much time watching TV and enjoying every minute of it. Lots of snoozing too, which means that I have to watch the program over again!

[SunkenCiv]

Oh yeah, forgot it was you. [blush]

[Old Sarge]

Just attended Alafia Rendezvous this weekend here.

Re-enactment camp for the period 1770-1840 - and it was marvelous!

The Bride scored a canvas tent this weekend: 10’x15’ with a 5’ awning and set up for an iron stove! And she got them down to half the price of the tent!

That tent is going to see extensive service...

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, I’ve got “Big History” disks running today, and the episode about domestication of the horse had a Paul Revere seg in it. The series is pretty retarded, but has some good info in it. A little too “gee whiz” and too many broad claims. And of course, even the talking heads work the phrase “Big History” into everything they say. It’s annoying.

[afraidfortherepublic]

No problem! I needed YOUR ping!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Wow...sixteen year old Sybil Ludington, commissioned by her father, rode 40 miles starting at 9 PM on a cold, rainy April night to warn Danbury, CT. What an unsung heroine. I wonder what she did during the war and after.

[huldah1776]

He would have laughed so hard they would have come out!