Article: Paul Revere legend adjusted Historian sets `Midnight Ride' on straight course

ARLINGTON -- Michael Phillips, stepping from Bagels By Us to the sidewalk of Massachusetts Avenue the other day, asserted that with a little imagination he could hear the echo of hoofbeats announcing the birth of a nation 220 years ago.

So what did he think happened on the eve of events in Concord and Lexington that we celebrate today as Patriots' Day?

The 68-year-old retired electrician dug for verses learned so many years earlier.

"Two if by land, one if by sea, and I on the opposite shore shall . . ." He paused, cursing his memory, then tried again.

"One if by sea, two if by land . . ."

That wasn't it either. Finally, an exasperated Phillips said, "The point is, Paul Revere got the signal ...

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