Old North’s 2012 Lantern Ceremony Honors Home Base Program – Photos
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In celebration of Patriot’s Day, Old North Church hosted the 237th Anniversary Annual Lantern Ceremony on Sunday, April 17, 2012. This year, Old North honored the work of the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital’s Home Base Program, which assists veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. The keynote speaker was General (Ret) Fred Franks. The lantern carriers were children of soldiers on active duty in Afghanistan.
General (Ret) Frederick M. Franks, Jr. Gives Kenote Address
Paul Revere Meets His Fans on the Prado
Lantern Presentation – Arthur Coviello (Chair, Old North Foundation and Exec Chair, RSA, Security Division of EMC to Gen. (Ret) Frederick M Franks, Jr
Old North Chamber Choir
1st Michigan Fife and Drum Corps on Prado
Reading Paul Revere’s Letter to Jeremy Belknap – Joe Kearns Goodwin, U.S. Army Veteran and Victoria Bonney Goodwin
1st Michigan Fife and Drum Corps
Rev. Stephen T. Ayers, Vicar, Old North Church
Stacey Lucchino, Boston Red Sox Reads Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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