Editor’s Fun Fact: Paul Revere’s famous ride was the night of April 18th. His cry was not “The British are coming!”; it was “The regulars are coming out!” The former phrase would have been confusing to locals, who still considered themselves British. Instead the latter was known to everyone that the British soldiers were on the way.
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