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To: Squidpup

History slide regarding the Riders:

https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-declaration-of-independence/the-five-riders/

Voices of the Revolution: The Five Riders
Thanks to the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Paul Revere is often credited as the sole rider who alerted the colonies that the British were coming. Yet, despite this tale, there were many riders who went out the night of April 18 and in the years following, warning the colonists of the approach and movement of the British forces. Four men and one woman made late night rides, alerting the early Americans of what dangers lay ahead. They were Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, Israel Bissell, William Dawes, and Sybil Ludington.
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718 posted on 09/24/2020 3:34:55 PM PDT by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight of Faith")
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To: Squidpup

Gosh this would make a great movie. So many people don’t know the full story and certainly not the story about Sybil. Had she been caught she would have begged for death.


748 posted on 09/24/2020 4:09:04 PM PDT by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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To: Squidpup
They were Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, Israel Bissell, William Dawes, and Sybil Ludington.

Don't leave Wentworth Cheswell out of it. He rode to warn Portsmouth, NH, and was a free black man.

764 posted on 09/24/2020 4:21:32 PM PDT by Excuse_Me (XQQQQMe)
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