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William Dawes

William Dawes

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Search complete. 16 mentions across 6 episodes found for "William Dawes".

Oct 11, 2026

Unknown podcast

Biggest Lies in American History: Gulf of Tonkin, WMDs, Tuskegee, and More Exposed

Oct 11 · 1 Mention

speaker_0UNKNOWN
7:39
It worked too well, because once that image took hold, the lone rider, the midnight cry, the urgency of freedom, it became impossible to shake.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
7:50
It didn’t matter that Revere was captured or that two other men, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott, also rode that night, and Prescott was the one who actually finished the mission.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
8:03
But American mythology has little patience for ensemble casts.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
8:07
We like our heroes clean, solitary, and shouting.

Unknown podcast

The Entire History of the United States of America: A Bedtime Story for Sleep, Relaxation, and Learning

Oct 11 · 1 Mention

speaker_0UNKNOWN
52:36
On the evening of April 18th, 1775, with tensions running high between the people of Boston and the British troops garrisoned in and around the city, the Sons of Liberty discovered that General Thomas Gage planned to march British troops to a cache of weapons and powder hidden in Concord, just a few miles from Boston, and destroy the supply.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
52:59
Patriots Paul Revere and William Dawes rode through the Boston countryside and warned the population that, "The regulars are turning out," or as it's more popularly remembered, "The British are coming." Colonial militiamen rose from their slumber, gathered their muskets, and rushed to stop the British troops from making it to Concord.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
53:20
On the morning of April 19th, 1775, Massachusetts militiamen faced off against British regulars on the Lexington town green.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
53:29
When ordered to lay down their arms and return to their homes, the militia refused and stood their ground.
America's Providential History

America's Providential History

How Christians Can Fulfill Their Civil Duties, Part 3

Oct 6 · 1 Mention

Stephen McDowellHOST
25:08
But there's a number of riders like him that went out, went that night.
Stephen McDowellHOST
25:12
William Dawes, uh, and the African American Wentworth Cheswell, uh, also was one of those who rode out to warn the far- the v- villages and families, "The British are coming.
Stephen McDowellHOST
25:27
Uh, t- take heed, take care.
Stephen McDowellHOST
25:30
Uh, be prepared." And Wentworth Cheswell himself was a justice of the peace.
Harold's Old Time Radio

Harold's Old Time Radio

You Are There - Lexington and Concord

Oct 2 · 1 Mention

John DalyCORRESPONDENT
28:05
This place is known as Merriam's Corner because a local farmer by that name has his house here.
John DalyCORRESPONDENT
28:10
The thousands of minutemen who were awakened by Paul Revere and William Dawes and all the other messengers who spread the alarm are strung out on both sides of the road all the way to Lexington and possibly beyond.
John DalyCORRESPONDENT
28:24
They're unorganized.
John DalyCORRESPONDENT
28:25
They have no officers, but they've got plenty of muskets and powder.
Hour Of The Time by Milton William Cooper

Hour Of The Time by Milton William Cooper

1686 1999 10 07 - Paul Revere's Ride #2

Sep 29 · 8 Mentions

William CooperHOST
15:56
They pointed their pistols at his heart, seized his bridle, tore his reins from his grasp, and held him firmly in their grasp.
William CooperHOST
16:06
In that moment of confusion, William Dawes got away.
William CooperHOST
16:12
When the officers went after Revere and Prescott, Dawes turned back into the highway.
William CooperHOST
16:17
He tried to confuse his captors by shouting, Hello, my boys, I've got two of them.
William CooperHOST
16:49
With empty stirrups banging crazily on the long leathers that were then in use.
William CooperHOST
16:55
The dark house that Dawes took to be a place of refuge turned out to be an abandoned building, perhaps inhabited by wild animals that had frightened his horse.
William CooperHOST
17:07
Badly shaken, William Dawes decided that enough was enough.
William CooperHOST
17:11
He went limping back toward Lexington in the moonlight, keeping in the shadows and out of sight.
Hour Of The Time by Milton William Cooper

Hour Of The Time by Milton William Cooper

1685 1999 10 06 - Paul Revere's Ride #1

Sep 29 · 4 Mentions

William CooperHOST
17:44
To be sure that the message got through, he told Revere that he was sending duplicate dispatches by several different routes and several different riders, all carrying the same message, all with the same goal, all with the same mission.
William CooperHOST
18:04
One message had been entrusted to William Dawes, a Boston tanner.
William CooperHOST
18:09
Dawes was not a leader as prominent as Revere, but he was a loyal Whig whose business often took him through the British checkpoint on Boston Neck.
William CooperHOST
18:18
As a consequence, the guard knew him.
William CooperHOST
18:42
Dawes and Revere carried written messages which Lexing- which Lexington's congregational minister later copied into his records: "A large body of the king's troops, supposed to be a brigade of about 12 or 15 hundred, were embarked in boats from Boston and gone to land at Lechmere's Point." Warren's estimate exaggerated the strength of the British expedition, but was accurate in every other detail.
William CooperHOST
19:12
The messengers took different routes.
William CooperHOST
19:14
William Dawes left town across Boston Neck.
William CooperHOST
19:17
No small feat.

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