Longfellow's poem "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" is well known and often quoted. However, Revere didn't finish the famous ride.
Paul Revere was captured by the British halfway to the village of Concord to warn the citizens that the British were coming. The ride was finished by Dr. Samuel Prescott, who just happened to be along.
On the night of April 18,1775, William Dawes was dispatched from Boston to warn the countryside of the British invasion. Paul Revere followed along as a second. Along the way, they picked up another man, Dr. Prescott, who was coming home from a date with the young lady he was courting.
A British patrol ambushed the three men. Revere was captured. Dawes turned around and rode for home. Prescott jumped his horse over a fence and continued on his way to alert the Minutemen.
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