The tale of Paul Revere’s Ride remains very much worth telling — 250 years later

Like all legendary events, Paul Revere ’s Ride and the Battles of Lexington and Concord have been encrusted with myth.

It's almost certainly not the case that Revere yelled, “The British are coming!” (we still considered ourselves British ) Revere didn't ride alone, and he didn’t even make it to Concord (the British briefly captured him).