Robert Newman (March 20, 1752 – May 26, 1804) was an American sexton at Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts. He is considered a patriot in the American Revolution for hanging two lanterns in his church's steeple on April 18, 1775, part of a warning signal leading up to Paul Revere's and William Dawes' midnight rides, on the eve of the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
Robert Newman (March 20, 1752 – May 26, 1804) was an American sexton at Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts. He is considered a patriot in the American Revolution for hanging two lanterns in his church's steeple on April 18, 1775, part of a warning signal leading up to Paul Revere's and William Dawes' midnight rides, on the eve of the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
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