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Never Eat AloneIt was also he w h o spread the w o r d of the Boston Tea Party to N e w York and Philadelphia. Revere, in short, was a man w h o knew not only peopleБЂ”he knew gossip, he knew rumors, he knew news, and he knew it from every level of Boston society. In April 1 7 7 5 , Revere caught w i n d of British orders to capture rebel leaders and forcibly disarm the colonists. So Revere and his fellow rebels devised a warning system: Two lanterns shining from the steeple of Boston's O l d North Church (the city's tallest building) indicated that the British troops were advancing on Boston by sea; one candle indicated a land advance. Either way, the rebels in Boston and its surrounding suburbs would know when and where to flee and take up arms. We all know the "one if by land, two if by sea" part of this story. What's less known is that Revere's networking savvy is what allowed himБЂ”and maybe only himБЂ”to be the one entrusted with illuminating the church steeple. The church, as it happened, was Anglican; the rector strongly supported the Crown ...» |
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