On the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott alerted colonists that British troops were on the march. Revere and Dawes traveled separately to Lexington and were able to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams to flee. Revere and Dawes together with Samuel Prescott (ancestor of the Bush family, which would produce two U.S. presidents) then started for Concord, but they were soon stopped by a British patrol. Only Prescott got through. Because of the men’s warnings, the Minutemen were ready the next morning on Lexington green for the historic battle that launched the American Revolution.
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