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By Hugh Evans
Regulars of the British army occupied Boston in 1768 ostensibly to enforce the Townshend Acts, passed the previous year by…
By Hugh Evans
On New Years Day of 1762 or ’63, young apprentice shoemaker George Robert Twelves Hewes called upon the gentleman John…
You’re invited to the 243rd Lantern Ceremony at Old North Church & Historic Site!
What is the Lantern Ceremony you ask?
It all…
By Nicole Breault
In July 1765, Constable Isaac Townsend sat quietly at the door of his watch house, listening to sounds of Boston’s North End.…
Happy International Women’s Day!
Here at Old North, women from all different backgrounds play important roles on our campus, as educators on…
Happy President’s Day!
Did you know that in the 295 years that Old North has been around, we’ve been visited by multiple presidents of the…
Late in the evening of April 18th, 1775, two lights briefly appeared from the steeple of the Old North Church. Across the Charles River,…
Pictured above: Old North Foundation staff Catherine Matthews, Linda Greene, Steve Ayres, and Pam Bennett
The Old North Church & Historic…
By Erin Driscoll
For thousands of years before Europeans arrived, Native Americans lived on the narrow 800-acre Shawmut Peninsula. As…
By Gregory N. Flemming
Vessels sailing back to Boston harbor from faraway destinations would often sell their cargo at public auctions in 1722,…