To continue our Revisit the Ride week, today we explore the question of what actually happened on the Midnight Ride. Paul Revere's actions on April 18-19, 1775, have become a mix of fact and lore, so listen in to sift through legend and reality!
Erratum:
This episode states that Paul Revere received Deacon John Larkin’s horse from Richard Devens. All we can say definitively is that Paul Revere received Deacon Larkin’s horse.
The episode makes reference to Paul Revere making a few attempts to escape capture by British soldiers in Concord. In Revere’s three accounts of the ride, he only lists one.