Christ Church Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts

Date: 1662 [unknown]
Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Surnames/tags: Cemeteries Suffolk, Massachusetts

Old North Church, Boston, Massachusetts

The lanterns from 1775 Old North Church, Boston, Massachusetts

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CEMETERY NAME:    Christ Church Cemetery

ADDRESS:    193 Salem Street, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02113

GPS COORDINATES:    42.36649, -71.05452

Originally built in 1723 as a house of prayer for all Bostonians, the Old North is nicknamed 'Christ Church'. In its steeple, Robert Newman hung two lanterns signaling Paul Revere's famous 'midnight ride'. A re-enactment takes place every year on April 19th. There are also excellent views from the top of Hull Street.

History of the Old North Church The enduring fame of Old North began on the evening of April 18, 1775, when the church sexton, Robert Newman, and Vestryman Capt. John Pulling, Jr. climbed the steeple and held high two lanterns as a signal from Paul Revere that the British were marching to Lexington and Concord by sea across the Charles River and not by land. This fateful event ignited the American Revolution. Built in 1723, Christ Church in the City of Boston, known to all as the Old North Church, is Boston’s oldest surviving church building and most visited historical site. In 1775, on the eve of the Revolution, the majority of the congregation were loyal to the British King, and many held official positions in the royal government, including the Royal Governor of Massachusetts, making Robert Newman’s loyalty to the Patriot cause even more extraordinary.

This is stop 13 in Boston's Freedom Trail.

Website www.oldnorth.com/index.htm

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