Socially Mundane

The first “myth” is that this holiday is called “Fourth of July”. It’s not. It is called “Independence Day”. However, Americans are such gullible sheep and intellectually lazy, no one ever says “Independence Day” any more.

There, that’s my contribution. Now to the sample from the article linked-to (click the title of this post to go there):

Patriot Paul Revere really did hit the road on the night of April 18, 1775, to alert the countryside that British troops were on the move. But the image of an inspired, lone rider isn’t accurate.

Revere was part of a low-tech—but highly effective—early-warning system. The system did include lanterns at Boston’s Old North Church, from whose steeple the church sexton, Robert Newman, held two lanterns as a signal that the British were coming. However Revere wasn’t watching for them that night.

Revere and fellow rider William Dawes, who was sent by a different route, successfully reached Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that they’d likely be arrested. But Revere and Dawes were captured by the British with third rider Samuel Prescott soon afterward.