What do the textbooks say happened during Paul Revere's Ride?
It is known that Paul Revere was an American silversmith and was mainly known for alerting Colonial militia of approaching British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 18, 1775.
It was known that he planned to use lanterns in a church tower a signals of which way the British would advance. His friend on the opposite shore would light one lantern if the British were moving by land and two lanterns if they were crossing by water. Once he saw two lanterns, he set out on horseback and rode through villages warning the people that the British were advancing.
This event was remembered by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem, Paul Revere's Ride, which was partly fictionalized. The poem wasn't published until 1861.
It was known that he planned to use lanterns in a church tower a signals of which way the British would advance. His friend on the opposite shore would light one lantern if the British were moving by land and two lanterns if they were crossing by water. Once he saw two lanterns, he set out on horseback and rode through villages warning the people that the British were advancing.
This event was remembered by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem, Paul Revere's Ride, which was partly fictionalized. The poem wasn't published until 1861.