Was Palin really all that wrong about Paul Revere?

[skiguy]

Here's what she said, and she's getting raked over the coals for it.

Yes, according to the Longfellow poem, she's incorrect.  However, that poem is not history.

When looking at actual historical documentation, she may not have been entirely accurate, but she wasn't that far off.

The British's intentions WERE to disarm the rebels, and Revere DID warn the British about rebel forces.

[Phidippides]

We should ask abukede, since one of his podcasts directly deals with the Paul Revere ride. 

[scout1067]

It does not matter what she said, she will get beat up by the press anyway.  The truth is one of the first victims in politics.

[skiguy]

And historical accuracy is the second victim of Liberal and Progressive politics.

She was right after all according to this Boston University history professor.

[Mr. Debs]

Revere was confronted by British soldiers it seems, and it seems to did notify them, but that was NOT his mission.
His ride was suppose to be secret, and directed towards colonists.

The original version she talks about (in what is a pretty jumbled statement) seems to be pretty off-base.
Her second explanation was a bit more on the mark.