What was the name of Paul Reveres horse that he rode on his famous ride to warn the colonists?
Brown Betty was the name of Paul Revere’s Horse. In 1775, Paul Revere made his famous ride warning the colonists of the approach of the British. On April 18, 1775 at 10:00 p.m., Revere borrowed a horse, reportedly a Narragansett Pacer named Brown Betty, a small chestnut mare, and rode through Lexington yelling, “The British are coming.” As a result of Revere’s warnings and famous ride, the Lexington minutemen were ready the next morning for the British and for the historic battle that would mark the beginning of the American Revolution. To signal whether the British were coming by land or sea, two lanterns were placed in the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston. If the two lamps could be seen it meant that the British were coming by sea. One if by land and two if by sea was the latern code to be used. Revere was captured on his way to Concord but later released. There is a famous peom written by Wadsworth about American Revolutionary patriot Paul Revere as well that talks about hi
