[GatorGirl]

OK you’re getting far afield.

I admire your loyalty to Palin but she wasn’t talking about “after he was caught” she was talking about his eponymous Ride.

C’mon now!

[NonValueAdded]

He was caught as PART OF THE RIDE ... soon after 1 AM. Dr Prescott got away. Revere was doing a little psyops on the British captors and eventually they got so spooked they let everyone go, stealing Revere's horse (Brown Beauty) in the process. Revere made it back to the Hancock-Clarke parsonage and to his horror found Hancock and Adams still arguing about what to do.

Revere played a very significant role throughout the night of the 18th and the morning of the 19th. I could go on and on. He earned his poem.

Consider that Sarah and her family toured the Revere house, not Buckman Tavern. Therefore she recently heard the story not from the battle perspective but from the Revere perspective. I would be surprised if they omitted the story of his capture. From this Sarah got the gist of the story correct. See post 43.