Freedom Trail Marks 250th Anniversary Of Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

WBZ's Madison Rogers reports.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
On the eighteenth of April in seventy five, and two
fifty years later, a patriot will ride. It's a thrilling
occasion for a freedom trail guide.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
I love Paul Revere because I mean he's been literally
paying my bills for the last twenty plus years.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
Jeremiah Poop real name is out in his tricorn hat
on the Common as our throngs of Taurus. Getting ready
for the re enactment. Jeremiah says history deviates from the
Longfellow poem.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
One thing a lot of people don't know is he
never actually completed the ride because he got arrested by
British troops.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
It was ultimately completed by a doctor named Sam Prescott.

Speaker 3 (00:31):
Maybe is named in rhyme well as well as Paul Revere.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
Also, the Regulars are Coming is a more likely call
to action than the British are coming, marking the eve
of revolution festivities ride on on the Common. I'm Madison
Rodgers w b Z, Boston's news radio