... through lights. Paul Revere arranged to have the signal in the Old North Church, if the British were coming by land he lit one lantern and if they were coming by sea he would light two lanterns (bostonteapartyship.com, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere). Revere had arranged for these signals the weekend before to alert the local militias and citizens about the impending attack, because he was scared that ... he may be averted diverted from leaving Boston (paulreverehouse.org, The Real Story of Revere's Ride). Longfellow wrote the poem Paul Revere's Ride because he saw the Civil war comin...

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