Today in History: The British Are Coming!

On this day (April 18) in 1775, Paul Revere (and William Dawes) made his famous ride to alert the countryside that the British were marching on Concord and Lexington. There is a very interesting analysis of Paul Revere and his ability to perform this task in Malcolm Gladwell’s book, The Tipping Point. And of course, everyone remembers Longfellow’s poem which I memorized in elementary school for an assignment. “Listen my children and you shall hear…”