Many line the streets for reenactment of Paul Revere’s midnight ride on 250th anniversary

On Friday night a reenactment kicked off at Paul Revere s home in Boston s North End where years ago Revere got on his high horse and made his way to Lexington Various lined the streets for the event On April two lanterns hung in the old North Church setting off Revere s historic ride The signal alerted the Sons of Liberty the British troops planned to row by sea across the Charles River to Cambridge Tonight one of Revere s direct descendants talked about the importance of the celebration There s not multiple people who in fact know what one of their relatives was doing at sometime virtually down to a sparse minutes on a specific day revealed Paul Revere III So every th of April I think if I can stay up Wow What was my fourth great-grandfather doing It s o clock Revere s reenactor Matthew Johnson spoke about the experience What gets me the most of is the children stated Johnson They hear what happens in school and then they veritably see it It s good to see history come alive In a modern day twist drones took to the sky telling the story that lead to the American Revolution After riding his horse from his North End home to the waterfront Revere was put on a boat and taken across the Charles River to Charlestown From there Revere made the legendary ride to Lexington to warn patriot leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the impending British raid roughly a -mile journey