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July 2008
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Things To Celebrate In July
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National Baked Bean Month
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National Hot Dog Month
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National Ice Cream Month
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National Tennis Month
July 4th is when we celebrate our independence. It all started with the famous ride of Paul Revere – or did it. We need to get the story of Paul Revere straight. So, here goes…
Paul Revere was born on January 1, 1735 in Boston, Massachusetts where he studied at the North Grammar School. He served for a short time in the French and Indian War. After the war, he married Sarah Orne and entered his father's silversmith business.
Paul Revere soon became interested in the issue of American liberty. He received lots of attention from political cartoons he drew. Paul Revere was a member of the "Sons of Liberty." On December 16, 1773, he took part in the Boston Tea Party.
On April 18, 1775, Revere and William Dawes were sent to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock of British plans to march from Boston to seize patriot military stores at Concord. A signal was established to warn if the British were coming by land or by sea. From the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston, two lanterns would mean the British were coming by sea, and one would mean by land. One lantern was lit. The British were coming by land.
Revere left Boston around 10 PM. along the road to Lexington, he warned residents that "the British are coming!" Revere certainly did not shout that famous phrase later attributed to him, largely because the mission depended on secrecy and the countryside was filled with British army patrols; also, most colonial residents at the time considered themselves British as they were all legally British subjects. Revere's warning, according to eyewitness accounts of the ride and Revere's own descriptions, was, "The regulars are coming out!" He arrived in Lexington around midnight riding a borrowed horse. At 1 AM, Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott left for Concord. Revere was captured. Only Prescott got through to Concord. So, actually it was Prescott who made the famous ride, not Revere.
Revere was released without his horse and returned to Lexington. So he didn’t make a historic ride at all. He did, however make an historic long walk back to Lexington. At Lexington he joined Adams and Hancock and fled into safety in Burlington. Revere returned to rescue valuable papers in Hancock's trunk. When the British arrived on April 19, the minutemen were waiting for them. In 1778 and 1779, Revere commanded a garrison at Castle Williams in Boston Harbor. Revere left the service in disrepute.
During and after the war, Revere continued his silversmith trade in Boston. He died on May 10, 1818. He made false teeth and silver spoons as a silversmith. But he did not make a famous ride. That’s just a story made up from Longfellow’s poem, “The Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere.”
You need to keep up with your history and never count on what the history books read. It might not be true. They write what they want you to believe, not what actually happened. If they wrote it the way it really happened, then the Indians would be the heroes and the cowboys would be the bad guys.
Are you a Daddy? Do you have a heart-warming story to share? If so, please e-mail it to me. I’ll put in my next book and give you credit. The e-mail address in bc@worldwidebc.com
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