William Dawes, Evanston History Center, Evanston, IL. Late on the night of April 18, 1775, Boston patriot Joseph Warren learned of a British military operation planned for the next day. To warn ...

MARIETTA – Paul Revere, William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott rode into Muskingum Park Friday evening to warn residents the “regulars,” aka the British army, were coming. The historical ...

Members of the Descendants of William Dawes Who Rode Association at a 2018 reunion in Boston Barb Moberg. Dawes Island is a traffic circle in Cambridge, Massachusetts, commemorating Dawes' ride.

The mission: On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere and William Dawes were dispatched by Joseph Warren to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington (and many others along the route ...

Henry Dawes, grandson of William Jr. came to Mauston, and on May 18, 1855, recorded extensive land purchases in Seven Mile Creek. Henry Dawes made arrangements to enter his two sons, Ephraim and ...

Like Paul Revere, William Dawes rode from Boston to Lexington on April 18, 1775, to warn colonists of approaching British troops. Getty Images.

Out of Boston, starting at scratch with Paul Revere one spring night in 1775, William Dawes did his share in awakening the countryside to the news that the British were coming—although Revere ...