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By Nikki Stewart, Executive Director of Old North Illuminated
Time flies when you’re making history! From managing major historic…
By The Rev’d Dr. Matthew Cadwell, Vicar of Old North Church
One of the truths about Old North that I appreciate is how there are always…
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re celebrating some of our favorite couples in Old North Church’s history!
William Croswell and Amanda…
By Danielle DeVantier, Old North Illuminated Intern
In 1893, a pamphlet titled “A Visit to the ‘Old North Church,’ Boston, Mass.” was…
After more than three months of restoration work, Old North Church’s nearly 400-year-old angel statues are coming home! On December 19, we’re…
Lantern Holder
Though not as well-known as Paul Revere, Capt. John Pulling Jr. played a pivotal role in the events of April 18, 1775. A friend of…
A Bishop Who Made History
In 1970, John Melville Burgess was elected the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. As such, he also became…
First Black Minister to Preach at Old North
In a July 1833 issue of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, a notice announced that Rev. William…
The Church Historian
Whenever a question arises about the early history of Old North Church, Mary Kent Davey Babcock’s many works are among the…
An “Indian of Barnstable”
Little is known about Jerusha Will, an Indigenous woman who appears in the baptismal and burial records of Old North…