DescriptionWilliam Dawes Jr. was one of several men who in April 1775 who alerted colonial minutemen in Massachusetts of the approach of British army troops prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord at the outset of the American Revolution
William Dawes was a tanner and a patriot who lived in Boston, Massachusetts during the American Revolution. William Dawes was one of the riders sent by Dr. Joseph Warren to alert John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the approaching British army on the night of April 18, 1775.
