‘One if by Land’: White House, Boston celebrates 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride

It s been years since Paul Revere's midnight ride and now the Trump administration is marking the patriotic silversmith's brave act with a special video The tribute titled The Ride That Roused a Nation offers a cinematic retelling of the event which the White House called a bold act of defiance that set in motion a war of independence that changed the curriculum of history Meanwhile in Boston where it all began the anniversary was marked Friday with a reenactment of Revere's historic ride TRUMP PUSHES TO RESTORE TRUTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY ' END DEI AT SMITHSONIANActor Michael Lepage portrayed Revere walking from the Paul Revere House to the Old North Church where two lanterns were lit to signal the British advance After journeying the Charles River First Sgt Matthew Johnson of the National Lancers took up the ride on horseback continuing the journey to Lexington Revere s mission began late on the night of April when two lanterns lit in Boston s Old North Church signaled that British troops were navigating the Charles River by sea Revere mounted a borrowed horse and rode into the countryside to alert colonial militias and warn patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington Although he was stopped by British patrols before reaching Concord his message had already been passed along by fellow riders William Dawes and Dr Samuel Prescott ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER -YEAR-OLD MUSKET BALLS TIED TO AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN MASSACHUSETTSThanks to their warning militia forces were ready when the first shots of the American Revolution rang out the next morning on Lexington Green The presidential announcement highlighted these facts while paying tribute to Revere as a master craftsman a husband a father and a proud son of liberty It also quoted from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow s famous poem Paul Revere s Ride which turned the midnight journey into a national legend While the actual ride was part of a larger effort involving multiple messengers Longfellow s verse a cry of defiance and not of fear helped enshrine Revere s name in American memory where it remains to this day The video distributed by Trump s unit underscored that legacy with dramatic narration archival imagery and references to key sites like Old North Church and North Bridge in Concord In the dead of night a silversmith became a signal A signal became a movement And that movement became America the voiceover declares in the first of multiple patriotic events planned as part of the administration s Salute to America initiative That effort launched ahead of the th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in includes coordinated federal state and local commemorations aimed at spotlighting major moments in early American history Friday s Revere tribute serves as an unofficial kickoff tying to Previous presidents have also marked Revolutionary milestones Gerald Ford launched the nation s Bicentennial by lighting a lantern at Old North Church in symbolically extending Revere s message into the country s third century CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn George W Bush commemorated the th anniversary of independence with a speech in Philadelphia focused on the founding ideals of liberty and equality The Trump administration s message follows in that tradition while also preparing for what s expected to be a high-profile semiquincentennial year