Tim Miller, age 10, of White Plains, N.Y., for his question:

DID PAUL REVERE RIDE ALONE?

Well known is the midnight ride of Paul Revere who on April 18, 1775, rode to warn his countrymen that the British were coming. Revere didn't ride alone. Also taking part in this historic event were two other heroes, William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott.

The British Army was going from Boston to Lexington and Concord, Mass., to capture some of the colonists' cannons and also to seize Samuel Adams and John Hancock. When he knew they would march rather than row up the river, Revere slipped past the British soldiers and rode to Lexington in time to warn the leaders.

There he was joined by Dawes and Prescott. Beyond Lexington the men rode into a trap. Only Prescott was able to escape and warn the people on the way to Concord. Because of the warning, the farmers were able to defeat the British in the first real battle of the American Revolution.

After the war, Revere manufactured gold and silverware. He also built the first copper sheet mill in America.