What does this phrase actually mean? Where is it from?
I hear it a lot in songs and on TV shows etc....
"One if by land, two if by sea"
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tenente · 100+, M
the British army was going to either cross Charles River (sea - faster route) or march along Boston Neck (land - longer route). Revere had good reason to believe he'd be captured before he could tell the others, so hanging lanterns from the steeple of Old North Church tower in Boston was the backup plan