Old North Church
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6/23/2012 1:48:18 PM

Perhaps the most famous history concerning the Old North Church is that Paul Revere told church sexton Robert Newman and Captain John Pulling to hang two lanterns in the steeple on April 18, 1775, to warn patriots in Charlestown across the Charles River from Boston that the British were coming. Two lanterns were used to denote they were coming by water (one would have been used if they had come by land).

The church is run by the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. It was built in 1723 and is the oldest active church in Boston.

Jack Crane

Old North Church

Old North Church (officially, Christ Church in the City of Boston), at 193 Salem Street, in the North End of Boston, is the location from which the famous "One if by land, and two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent. This phrase is related to Paul Revere's midnight ride, of April 18, 1775, which preceded the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolution.

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