Maybe Sarah Palin was absent from school on the day they discussed Paul Revere. Revere’s legendary status has continued for centuries due to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.”
“He said to his friend, “If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft 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,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm”
Sarah Palin’s explanation:
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