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To: This I Wonder32460
"God Bless both Patriot riders, William Dawes and Paul Revere."

And Samuel Prescott, who completed the ride.

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11 posted on 04/18/2015 4:37:57 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Yeah. Everyone knows Paul Revere. The other two got stiffed by this poem.


13 posted on 04/18/2015 4:40:11 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo ("It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." Frederick Douglass)
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To: treetopsandroofs

who completed the ride.

Correct.

Revere was “detained” in Lincoln, before he could even get to Lexington.

Thankfully, ‘other’ patriots took up the torch and spread the word.


14 posted on 04/18/2015 4:40:17 PM PDT by Paisan
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