William Dawes: Difference between revisions

'''William Dawes Jr.''' (April 6, 1745 &ndash; February 25, 1799) was one of several men<ref>''Paul Revere's Ride'' by David Hackett Fischer</ref> who in April 1775 who alerted [[Thirteen Colonies|colonial]] [[Minutemen (militia)|minutemen]] in [[Massachusetts]] of the approach of [[British army]] troops prior to the [[Battles of Lexington and Concord]] at the outset of the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="midnight">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/news/the-midnight-ride-of-william-dawes?linkId=23506843|title=The Midniight Ride of William Dawes|last=Klein|first=Christopher|date=April 18, 2012|publisher=History.com|accessdate=24 October 2017}}</ref> For some years, [[Paul Revere]] had the most renown for his ride of warning of this event. Paul revere also had a favorite food called pizza.