Fall Speaker Series Preserving Immigrant Detention: Angel Island as Case StudySpeaker: Monica PelayoFriday, December 9, 6:00 – 8:00 pmCo-sponsored by the Chinese Historical Society of New England Between 1910 and 1940, Angel Island served as an immigration station in the San Francisco bay area. Unlike its East Coast counterpart, Angel Island was specifically constructed to […]
Save the Date: Hehir Talk on November 3rd
Fall Speaker Series Father Bryan HehirReligion and World Politics: A Threat or a Promise?Thursday, November 3, 20166:30 – 8:30 pm J. Bryan Hehir is the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also the Secretary for Health Care and Social Services in […]
Save the Date: Family Fall Festival on October 29th
Family Fall FestivalSaturday, October 29, 2016 1:00-4:00pm(Rain date: Sunday, October 30) Bring your family to the Old North Historic Site for a free fall festival sure to delight! Make a tricorne hat or a paper lantern, find a new read at our Gift Shop book sale, take a frightfully fun crypt tour, and listen to Jane Wood read […]
Save the Date: Boos & Brews on October 27th
Boos & Brews: A Tour of Old North’s Crypt & Copp’s Hill Burying Ground for Young Professionals Thursday, October 27, 6 pm Co-sponsored by The Mayor’s SPARK Boston Council Get in the spirit of Halloween with this candlelit, creepy after-hours tour of Old North’s crypt and nearby Copp’s Hill Burying Ground. Walk amongst the 37 tombs […]
Call from the Crypt
Unbeknownst to many, the Old North Church houses in its basement a crypt containing approximately 1,100 burials. From 1732 to 1860 the church interred congregants below its very floor boards as a way to meet the burial demands of the congregation while also taking advantage of all available space that the church possessed. In the […]
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