Paul Revere
by Kristin Elmquist
Title
Paul Revere
Artist
Kristin Elmquist
Medium
Photograph
Description
A bronze statue memorializes Paul Revere and his midnight ride. Behind the statue, is the steeple tower of the Old North Church where a lantern is hung.
One if by land, and two if by sea is from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Paul Revere's Ride". One lantern was to notify Charlestown that the British Army would march over Boston Neck and the Great Bridge, and two were to notify them that the troops were taking boats across the Charles River to land near Phips farm. After receiving the signal, the Charlestown Patriots sent out a rider to Lexington, but this rider did not reach his destination and his identity has disappeared from history. He was the one who might have been captured by a British patrol.
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October 5th, 2012
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