OMG Tidbit for the Day:
The remarkably well-preserved texts have also brought to light a number of previously unknown episodes from the Revolutionary period, including the midnight ride of Saul Revere, which occurred on Apr. 19, 1775.
"As American militiamen marched back to Boston from the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Revere immediately burst forth from his mistress's residence and took to his horse," said Caroline Cobb, a staff curator at Independence Hall. "For 12 miles, his pantaloons dragged from his ankle as he cried out to his philandering cohorts, warning them of the colonial women's returning husbands."
Certainly give the midnight ride a new face, so to speak. There do seem to be a good number of stories about some of our founding fathers "servicing" a good portion of the female population. And we wonder why they are referred to as founding fathers!
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