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Forgotten men of the midnight ride of 1775
The article recalls William Dawes Jr and Dr Samuel Prescott alongside Paul Revere, detailing Dawes and Prescott's paths, recognition gaps, and later commemorations. It notes Dawes’s route, Dawes’s legacy in 1920s celebrations, and Prescott’s overlooked role with mentions of Wright's tavern and Concord events.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Ibten
Paul Revere
William Dawes, Jr
Samuel Prescott
Hife
America
Willam Dawes
Paul Revers
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
India
New England
Lexington and
Concord
William Dawes
Boston Evening Transcript
Boston
Lexington
William Dawea
William Dawes Fs
Struggie
Dawes
Committee of Safety
Revere
Roxbury
Brookline
Cambridge
Arlington
Charlestown
Somerville
Medford
William Davey
W. K. Waething
The
Sons of the American Revolution
Mr. Watking Meys
North End
Doctor Warren
William Jasper
Christchurch
Jasper
Worcester
Magesing
Dock Square
Uyeda Op Ann
North Sorest
Franklin House
Marlboro
Massachusetts
Republican Party
Charles Gates Dawes
Mindway
Calvin Coolidge
Harding
Pat Harrigan
New York Herald-Tribune
Helen F. More
Willem E Dawes
Lexington and Concord
Boston Globe
Wright
Prescott
Felington
Doctor Prescott
Charles L. Burrill
Boston Committee
Dr. Prescott
Pitcairn
Paul Revyere
Dawea
Preacott
Barry
Barrs
Legington
Hense
Reverend Clark
Hancock
Adams