Historical story

How did William Dawes affect your life today?

It is not possible for William Dawes to have affected your life today. William Dawes was a cobbler and amateur astronomer from Charleston, Massachusetts most remembered for having sighted and tracked the movement of the British troops from Boston toward Concord on the night of April 18, 1775. Mr. Dawes died October 19, 1799, at the age of 72, more than 220 years before your possible date of birth.