I’m not a historian but my understanding is the same as Claire’s - it was the Longfellow poem that made Revere famous over Dawes or Prescott (or, indeed, Sybil Ludington or her father)
Really, @Lucy?!?! I could ask that or start asking myself, 'Where in The World is Lee Jordan?' or 'Where in The World are Zack and Ivy?' I mean no one knows where everybody us at.