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15 Αυγ 2011 · It’s one of those phrases, like “Damn the torpedoes!” or “Give me liberty or give me death!”, that all Americans know, but not everyone is sure they can explain. It’s a quick story but a good one. In May 1774, the governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Gage, dissolved the General Court.
17 Δεκ 2022 · Learn how Paul Revere used a lantern signal in the Old North Church to warn of the British attack on Concord in 1775. Find out the difference between one lantern (land) and two lanterns (sea) and the role of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem.
In what is well known today by the phrase "one if by land, two if by sea", one lantern in the steeple would signal the British army's choice of the land route, proceeding southwest from Boston by the peninsula of "Boston Neck", while two lanterns would signal the route "by water" across the Charles River.
18 Οκτ 2023 · Two If by Sea. Making his way quietly into the town, Revere met up with local Sons of Liberty members, who confirmed they had seen the two lanterns lit in the church tower, signaling that the British were taking the water route. Borrowing a horse from Patriot John Larkin, Revere set off northwest toward Lexington and Concord.
One if by land, and two if by sea. The words used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem “ Paul Revere's Ride ” to describe the signal used to guide the “midnight ride of Paul Revere” at the start of the Revolutionary War .
He speaks the famous words “One, if by land, and two, if by sea“. This refers to the number of lanterns that his friend going to hang “aloft“ in the “belfry arch“ of the “north church tower“.
31 Οκτ 2023 · At the time of the American Revolution, the British army employed two distinct ways to approach the colonial towns: by land or by sea. The phrase, "One if by land, two if by sea," encapsulates Revere's tactical observation, designed to alert his fellow revolutionaries about the method of approach.
