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波士頓的「基督教堂」 (Christ
Church) 有「掛一盞燈表示英軍從陸上攻擊,兩盞燈表示從海上攻擊」的故事
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美國獨立革命爆發
1775年4月19日
你有沒有聽過亨利‧魏斯沃茲‧郎費羅的詩:保羅‧李維爾的一程 (Paul
Revere』s Ride) ?
如果來自陸上,我以一盞燈示警,如果來自海上,我以兩盞燈示警;
而我會在沙灘的另一邊,
準備駕車散佈警訊
從米德薩克斯郡,到每個村莊與農莊,
讓每個國民能夠醒來開始武裝。
1775年4月19日傍晚,保羅‧李維爾和其他美國人在看見基督教堂間塔上的信號之後 (一盞燈表示英軍從陸上攻擊,兩盞燈表示從海上攻擊) ,穿過黑夜駕車警告所有人民危險即將到來。
Have you heard Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride"?
One if by land, two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex, village and farm, For the country folk to be up and to arm.
After looking for the signal (one lantern if the British were coming by land, or two if they were coming by sea) in the Christ Church steeple, Paul Revere and other Americans rode through the dark of the night on the eve of April 19,1775, to warn the country folk of the danger to come.
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