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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — While the Boston Marathon got underway, across town the National Lancers were busy putting on their reenactment of Paul Revere's ride through the city to warn of an incoming British assault.
WBZ's Suzanne Sausville was at one of Revere's original stops in Charlestown to see the midnight ride recreated in the midday.
Though Revere is the first name thought of in association with the ride, he wasn't alone that night. Deacon John Larcan of the first church of Charlestown greeted Revere that night in April of 1775.
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"There are a number of men from Charlestown that also went out at the same time and their names are not known. It wasn't just Paul Revere who said 'the British are coming' because we're all British in 1775— he said 'the Regulars are out.'" Larcan said.
The National Lancers are described on its website as the Commonwealth's ceremonial cavalry squadron and a unit in the Massachusetts Organized Militia.
WBZ's Suzanne Sausville (@wbzSausville) reports.
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