has Sarah Palin taken the "behind the scenes" tour at Old North?

[Laura Dickerson <lauradi rcn com>]

   She was apparently at Paul Revere's house in the North End recently, 
and was quoted as saying about him:
"He who warned, uh, the ... the British that they weren't gonna be 
taking away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells and, um, by making sure 
that as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots 
and bells that, uh, we were gonna be secure and we were gonna be free 
... and we were gonna be armed."   I think it's pretty clear she knows 
of the association between PR & the Old North bells, but that is also 
mentioned in a number of kids' books, so she might not have been on the 
tour.
    A blog that was defending her knowledge of history pointed out that 
David Hackett Fischer's book "Paul Revere's Ride" quotes stories of 
people ringing church bells in Medford & along the North shore that 
night.    At some point I'll try to track down Fischer's original 
sources.  Here is the page cited:
http://books.google.com/books?id=knC-kTFI9_gC&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140&dq=Along+the+North+Shore+of+Massachusetts,+church+bells+began+to+toll+and+the+heavy+beat+of+drums+could+be+heard+for+many+miles+in+the+night+air.%22&source=bl&ots=r_nSwYNcBn&sig=LlQdmO-6wb2oYzAFSJMYV8WNaGY&hl=en&ei=UufrTYH7DcnogQeLt4nZCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Along%20the%20North%20Shore%20of%20Massachusetts%2C%20church%20bells%20began%20to%20toll%20and%20the%20heavy%20beat%20of%20drums%20could%20be%20heard%20for%20many%20miles%20in%20the%20night%20air.%22&f=false

Laura Dickerson