On the new History2 channel, I found out last night, on a weird show about how artifacts would decay if humans suddenly vanished from the earth, one decaying artifact being the Old North Church, that "two lanterns were hung there to alert Paul Revere in case of British invasion"...
Ignorance reigns!
There's no particular reason to pick on a show's script writer - what are they supposed to know? - however, on something called the "History" channel, I think you are entitled to some regard for historical accuracy. (Yeah, yeah...I know ::) )
Favorite punching bag of history professors everywhere. Interesting how it highest rated shows have nothing to do with history. Social Studies teachers have a lot of work to do.