[catfish1957]

See my earlier post. If you think the absolute primary intent of Revere’s actions was to protect the caches of arms, then you love rewriting history. Bub... I sat through a 3 hour SAR explanation of the Alarm. Saving the guns without alerting troops doesn’t make sense does it? You are the one who needs History 101 lessons.

[calex59]

She didn't say the primary reason was to warn the British. You are obviously a Sarah hater, I am a history buff and I know that Revere warned the British, after he was captured, that they, the colonist, would fight to keep their arms. You are WRONG and making sh** up, such as saying she said the primary purpose of his ride was to warn the British, in order to cover up your prejudice against Sarah. She probably knows more history than you do, her father teaches it for one thing.

Get a clue, read some more and quit bragging about your history credentials when you don't have the brains to figure out what Sarah, and I, actually said.

Rewrite history? BS, I quoted it accurately and I never said Revere's primary purpose was to warn the British.

[bvw]

Excerpt From U-S-History.com: Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

Revere became suspicious in mid-April when he noticed that British landing craft were being drawn out of the water for repairs — a clear indication that something was afoot. On the 16th he made a trip to Concord, a key community because it was the temporary home of the Provincial Congress and also a storehouse for militia guns, powder, and shot. He warned the residents there that redcoats were likely to be dispatched in the near future to seize the town’s arms supply. Revere’s warning was taken to heart and the townspeople began to hide arms and valuables in barns, wells, and the neighboring swamps.

You may have forgotten this.

[torchthemummy]

See my earlier post. If you think the absolute primary intent of Revere’s actions was to protect the caches of arms, then you love rewriting history.

You, my friend, do not know your history. Revere rode just six moths earlier in what is know as the Powder Alarms. He did a dry run to Concord just three days before the initial ride to warn locals to protect their munitions/arms. Again, Revere had two objectives: warn Hancock and Adams of the troops intention to arrest them and THEN to ride to Concord to warn the locals that troops were on their way to seize their munitions. Neither Revere or Dawes made it to Concord but a young doctor Prescott (as another poster highlighted) completed the most famous horse ride in US history. Try reading "Paul Revere's Ride" by David Hackett Fischer.

[Figment]

need to change your name to crawfish