Reply #17: Amateur hour at Lexington [View All]

[bklyncowgirl]

A middle aged, somewhat chubby, silversmith and part time political cartoonist gets on a borrowed horse and rides through the night to warn the local farmers that the British are coming, saving two of the radical leaders in the process. He gets stopped by a British patrol and never makes it to Lexington, but a doctor, who happened to be on his way home from his girlfriend's house, manages to carry the word on to Lexington where ordinary men who'd had enough of British arrogance make a stand and chase the British back to Boston.

I've always had a soft spot for Paul Revere and his pals because were ordinary guys. Revere was not a professional politician and was probably not even the best horseman in Boston--you'd think they'd pick a lightweight to outrun the British patrols. Samuel Prescott wasn't even in on the plot--he was just in the right place at the right time and did what he had to do. That was the story of the American Revolution--a group of unlikely heroes who somehow came together to create a nation.

It's inspiring.