April 19, 1775

Around 2:00am along the Battle Road on April 19, 1775, Paul Revere was detained by British soldiers. William Dawes, another night rider, witnessed the capture from a safe distance and was therefore able to skirt the Redcoat hazard and continue with his mission, which was the same as Revere's. The British held Revere for awhile and then released him, however they kept his horse. Adding a twist of irony to the story, Paul Revere had borrowed that horse for the occasion.



Credit for this information goes to signage at the Paul Revere Capture Site and a volunteer working at the Hartwell Tavern in Lincoln, Massachusetts at a demonstration at the Bloody Angle in 2007.