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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his famous poem Paul Revere's ride.
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What was the lantern code used in the Old North Church to say how the British were coming?
One if by land, two if by sea.
In lexington and concord did the british come from land or sea?
They came by sea. One if by land, two if by sea. Two laterns were hung in the tower window, so the British came by sea.
What are 2 symbols from the Paul Revere's ride and what do they mean?
the two symbols were one lantern if they came by land and two if they came by sea.
What does one by land and two if two by sea mean and why it is important to the people in the villages and farms?
In "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the signal referred to lamps. Someone would put up one lamp if the British were approaching to attack on land and two lamps if the British were going to attack from sea. People in the villages and farms could prepare the best attack if they knew where the British were approaching from.
Hang one for land or two for sea and I on the opposite shore will be this courier said. Who is he?
This line is from the 1861 Longfellow poem the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. " listen my children and you shall hear the midnight ride of Paul Revere. On the eighteenth of April in Seventyfive. Hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend if the British March by land or sea from town tonight hang a lantern in the belfry arch of the North Church tower as a signal light. One if by land and two if by sea. And I on the opposite shore will be." One reason he states in the first lines of the poem that hardly a man remembers is because the poem was written almost a 100 years AFTER the event. By the way Revere didn't finish the ride because he ran into a British patrol and Prescott did get the job done.
