The Lanterns in the Old North Church
On the night of April 18, 1775, a Boston sexton named Robert Newman climbed the narrow stairs of Christ Church — known today as Old...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Mark 13:24-37.
On the night of April 18, 1775, a Boston sexton named Robert Newman climbed the narrow stairs of Christ Church — known today as Old North Church — carrying two lanterns beneath his coat. British regulars were moving. The signal had been arranged weeks earlier by Paul Revere: one lantern if the troops marched by land, two if they crossed by sea.…
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