Formerly in downtown Wilmington, the Caesar Rodney Statue was considered the city’s centerpiece. It was removed in 2020 and now stands at the Freedom Plaza in the nation’s capital, in connection with America’s 250th anniversary. Public Domain
The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow helped memorialize a famous midnight horseback ride in his classic poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride.” But there was another Founding Father who also made a dangerous nighttime ride of a much further distance and for, arguably, a more important reason.
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