Longfellow wrote a memorial poem of that night, teaching generations about Paul Revere alerting the Minutemen that the British were coming. "Paul's Revere's Ride"
I thought of how the wives and families might have been effected by the Revolutionary War. They were as much soldiers as the men. They had to do their part by keeping things going smoothly at home while they waited and prayed for their loved ones fighting for freedom. It doesn't matter the era - women still are waiting and praying for their men to come home.
Here is the first few lines of a poem from a wife's point of view-
HOMEFRONT
Quietly waiting, restlessness
Silently praying,
sleeplessness
Moon on the window,
glistening
Slowly breathing, listening
A gallop on stones, a shout
in the night!
A cry of a child, a call to
fight.
A candle lit, a boot stamped
in place,
A bag of vittles, a tender
embrace
“Hurry, hurry! but
we’ll miss you so.
“Here are your things.” Do you have to go?
A peek at the babe, in
sleepful bliss,
The horse is saddled, one
last kiss . . .
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