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  Paul Revere is remembered for his ride to warn fellow American Patriots of a planned British attack before the Revolutionary War.The war fought by Americans to gain independence from England. Revere became a trusted messenger for the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, an organization set up to resist the British. He foresaw an attack by the British troops against the location of military supplies in Concord, Massachusetts, and arranged a signal to warn the Patriots in Charlestown, Massachusetts. During the late evening of April 18, 1775, the chairman of the Committee of Safety told him that the British were going to march to Concord. Revere signaled by hanging two lanterns in the tower of Boston's North Church. This showed that the British were approaching "by sea," that is, by way of the Charles River. He crossed the river, borrowed a horse in Charlestown, and started for Concord. Arriving in Lexington, Massachusetts, at midnight, he awakened American rebels John Hancock and Samuel Adams. The truth

In 1760 Paul Revere joins the "Sons of Liberty"

In 1774 Paul Revere becomes a member of the First Patriot Intelligence Network.

On April 18, 1775 Paul Revere's "Midnight Ride"

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