The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

Daily writing prompt

What historical event fascinates you the most?

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I love Revolutionary War history. What was is like to be sound asleep and in the dead of night, awake out of a sound sleep to the sound of a horse’s hooves tearing through the streets yelling that the British were coming? Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem has always been one of my favorites!

For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere.…