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Old 02-04-2013, 08:37 PM   #90
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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65 View Post
Or he was too busy getting captured by the British while William Dawes and Samuel Prescott escaped capture and went on to warn the surrounding towns about troop movements.

The only reason Paul Revere's name is remembered in history is because it rhymed well for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem.
I know the story. But trying to explain it to the recent output of the education system is pointless.

The last person that tried to correct history on Paul Revere was skewered in the media.
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