Sarah Palin supporters are literally attempting to rewrite history after she flubbed the story of Paul Revere’s ride last week last week, taking to Wikipedia with their own revisions to the beloved story in an effort to make Palin’s version look true.

‘He who warned the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms uh by ringing those bells and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free and we were going to be armed,’ Palin explained to reporters in Boston, Massachusetts Thursday.

But Wikipedia didn’t back up Palin’s suggestion that Revere’s mission was to warn the British or that he rang bells in the process so her fans tried to update the page.

‘Most colonial residents at the time considered themselves British as they were all legally British subjects,’ was the revision that one user added to the page.

That update was later reverted with the message ‘content not backed by a reliable sources (it was sarah palin interview videos).’

Another update to the page said, ‘Accounts differ regarding the method of alerting the colonists; the generally accepted position […]

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