On This Day In History On This Day In History: National Hero Paul Revere Warns Of The British Coming – On Apr 18, 1775 MessageToEagle.com | April 18, 2016 MessageToEagle.com – On the evening of April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren instructed Paul Revere, a Boston silversmith, to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts to warn Sam Adams and John Read More