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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,…
by Renee Barouxis, former staff member
Introduction
There is a long tradition of drinking on ships. Drinking alcohol on board became…
By Catherine Matthews
Twenty-two years before he wrote “Paul Revere’s Ride,” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned an article for the July 1838…
For the second summer in a row, archaeologists armed with trowels and screens have descended upon the Washington Garden in search of clues of…
By Andrea Antidormi, Old North Foundation Educator
Editor’s Note: In celebration of Women’s History Month, Old North is highlighting…
Boston is a city well known for its institutions of higher education. Harvard is synonymous with academic excellence, and the prestigious…