April 18, 2026
Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere, No Tax On Tips, Democrat Shutdown Day 62, Commemorating 250 Years Of The Bible In America, And More
Many of us are aware of the 1860 Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow known as Paul Revere's Ride.
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However, many of us do not know that the poem does not reflect the actual happenings surrounding this ride. Henry wrote this poem just before the US Civil War (85 years after Paul Revere went on the 'midnight ride') with an intent to calm the growing tensions of the times. While this poem did not actually calm the tensions and the US Civil War happened anyway, it did insure Paul Revere's actions prior to the battles of Concord and Lexington (discussed in my September 27, 2025 ANP Article) became part of the official history of the Revolutionary War.
Paul Revere (discussed in my April 16, 2026 ANP Article) was a member of the Sons of Liberty as well as a courier for the Boston Committee of Public Safety (interpreted as 'he was a spy').
On April 7, 1775, Paul was sent to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress (in Concord, Massachusetts) to warn the Congress that the British were getting ready to move.
On April 14, the Earl of Dartmouth ordered General Thomas Gage to disarm the rebels and imprison the leaders specifically naming Samuel Adams (discussed in my September 15, 2025 ANP Article) and John Hancock (discussed in my July 7, 2025 ANP Article). Between April 7 and April 18, Paul Revere set up the lantern alert so the rebels would know how the British troops would be approaching: one lantern if by land (headed southwest from Boston) or two lanterns if by sea (across the Charles River). The lanterns would be placed in the church steeple.
On the evening of April 18, 1775, Joseph Warren informed Paul Revere and William Dawes that the British troops were ready to embark by boat to Cambridge. The thinking was that rebel leaders in Lexington were not aware of the impending danger.
At midnight on April 18, 1775, Paul Revere, leaving from Medford, and William Dawes, leaving from Brookline, began to ride headed towards Concord alerting rebels along the route of the impending advance of the British Army by sea. Many of these rebels also rode out to warn others bringing the total number of riders that night to around 40. The 'cry' was "the regulars" not "the British" because the colonials considered themselves British and the rebels did not want to confuse the people they were trying to warn.
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Outside Lexington, Samuel Prescott joined the ride. Between Lexington and Concord, Paul Revere were detained by a British Army patrol who made a roadblock to stop all traffic. Paul Revere was caught by the while Dawes & Prescott managed to escape and complete their rides. Prescott jumped a wall and made it to Concord. Dawes fell off his horse and was unable to complete the ride. Paul Revere was questioned by the patrol, then moved east toward Lexington. About 1/2 mile from Lexington, shots rang out and one of the prisoners told them the city was armed and ready and that the British Army troops holding them captive would be dead. The British Army troops took the prisoner at his word and released the captives and returned to their headquarters to warn their commanders, taking Paul Revere's horse with them. That left Paul Revere on foot as he walked to Reverend Jonas Clarke's house where John Hancock and Samuel Adams were staying. Once the battle on Lexington Green commenced at dawn, Paul Revere helped John Hancock and his family escape.
As noted in the map above, there are signs along the roadway commemorating various points along the route Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott took. Paul Revere's ride is reenacted annually in Massachusetts.
On April 17, 2026, the White House published the release In Nevada, President Trump Celebrates No Tax on Tips — Delivering Real Money to Working Americans (discussed in my April 17, 2026 ANP Article). The release summarizes President Trump's speech as:
From No Tax on Tips and No Tax on Overtime to the full slate of historic tax cuts, President Trump and Republicans are putting American workers first — boosting take-home pay, delivering bigger refunds, and reversing the Biden inflation that crushed families in states like Nevada. Americans deserve to keep more of what they earn — and under President Trump, they finally are.
On April 17, 2026, Day 62 of the Democrat's Partial Federal Government Shutdown, the Senate took a 3-day holiday. The House made a final early-morning vote (previous votes were discussed in my April 17, 2026 ANP Article) on HR1175 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8035) to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes that failed 197 (192 Republicans, 4 Democrats, & 1 Independent) vs 228 (208 Democrats and 20 Republicans). Then they adjourned until Monday, April 20, 2026. So, again, Congress took no steps to end the Partial Government Shutdown, fund DHS, or pass the SAVE America Act.
The Layoff Tracker 2026 – Recent Layoffs update:
- April 17, 2026 Pentland Brands, the company behind household names including Speedo, Berghaus, Mitre, Kickers, and Ellesse, is set to close its Nottingham office.
- April 16, 2026 Snap Is Cutting 1,000 Jobs After an Activist Investor Said It ‘Over-Hired’.
- April 15, 2026 Former Meta contractor Sama to lay off more than 100 workers in Kenya.
President Trump's Presidential Actions published in the Federal Register (FR) to date:
- 254 Executive Orders
- 138 Proclamations
- 118 Presidential Orders, Memoranda, Determinations, Permits, and Notices
On April 17, 2026, the FR published the Presidential Notice Continuation of the National Emergency and of the Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Russian-Affiliated Vessels to United States Ports signed April 15, 2026 and sent straight to the FR for publication. This notice extends Proclamation 10371 signed April 21, 2022 authorizing the Secretary of DHS to regulate the anchorage and movement of Russian-affiliated vessels due to the continued national security threat posed the Government of the Russian Federation.
On April 17, 2026, the White House published the statement Presidential Message Commemorating 250 Years of the Bible in America sending best wishes to all those gathered at the Museum of the Bible on the National Mall as well as everyone across our great Nation participating in this week's America Reads the Bible initiative. The President writes:
From Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the New World and the first permanent English-speaking settlement at Jamestown to our founding in 1776 and to the present day, the Bible has been indelibly woven into our national identity and way of life. Nearly 400 years ago, a decade after the arrival of the Mayflower, the legendary John Winthrop powerfully invoked Jesus Christ’s Sermon on the Mount as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew: “We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us,” Winthrop said, imploring his fellow Christian settlers to stand as a beacon of faith for all the world to see.
In the decades that followed, the truths of Holy Scripture remained deeply embedded in our culture—not only within the walls of our churches but in our homes, schools, courtrooms, and public square. Nearly 150 years after Winthrop’s storied sermon, on July 4, 1776, our Founders echoed Holy Scripture in the central animating principle of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
From the declaration of those immortal words at the very beginning of our Republic, and ever since, the Bible has enduringly illuminated our system of Government, given life to our constitutional framework, bolstered our educational institutions, and informed our deepest civic and moral identity. The 1787 Northwest Ordinance—one of our Nation’s earliest and most formative laws—stated that “Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” Two decades later, John Adams, our second President, wrote the following to his fellow Founding Father Benjamin Rush: “The Bible contains the most profound Philosophy, the most perfect Morality, and the most refined Policy, that ever was conceived upon Earth.”
In every generation, through every trial and triumph, God’s Word has guided our people and our country to incredible new heights. During the first inauguration, George Washington, setting a precedent for all future Presidents, put his left hand on the Bible and took the oath of office, after which he kissed the Bible. In his First Inaugural Address Washington stated: “No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States.” In President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, he quoted the Bible 4 times, mentioned God 14 times, and invoked the power of prayer 3 times as he sought to bring the country back together after a bloody 4-year Civil War. As more than 70,000 American troops prepared to land on the beaches of Normandy, President Franklin D. Roosevelt took to national radio and prayed that God’s blessings prevail over “the unholy forces of our enemy.” And at the height of the Cold War and the righteous crusade that he led to defeat atheistic communism, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed 1983 to be the Year of the Bible, writing: “Of the many influences that have shaped the United States of America into a distinctive Nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.”
Today, during our 250th year of American independence, the America Reads the Bible initiative invites all citizens to once again acknowledge our Nation’s extraordinary Biblical foundations and to give thanks for the countless ways in which God has been the sacred source of our unity and national strength. This one-week event, during which leaders in faith, Government, business, and entertainment will read every verse and chapter of the Bible, will inspire countless citizens to rediscover the Biblical truths that have animated our Republic for two and a half centuries and to pray that the Bible will continue to guide us—as individuals, as a people, and as a Nation—for the next 250 years and beyond.
I applaud every citizen participating in the America Reads the Bible initiative. Together, we will honor Holy Scripture, renew our faith, usher in a historic resurgence of religion on American shores, and rededicate the United States as one Nation under God.
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