[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxY0ibADzoE] The annual Lantern Ceremony was held at Old North Church on April 14, 2013. This video features the Entrance Procession: Color Guard from USS Constitution Grand Lodge of Masons Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts Massachusetts National Lancers Lexington Minute Men Menotomy Minute Men Wilmington Minute Men Watertown Provincial Guard Mr. Michael Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ic26Vp5lhc] After marching in from the Prado, the First Michigan Fife and Drum Corps performed at Old North’s Lantern Ceremony on the eve of Patriot’s Day. The event was held on Sunday, April 14, 2012 in the North End at the Old North Church. Enjoy this video of their performance at the beginning of Read More…
Today is Patriots Day, a day that reflects the freedom Boston has celebrated throughout its history. Boston is a tough and resilient town and so are its people. — President Obama, April 15, 2013 Hours before the explosions at the Boston Marathon, a much calmer and more celebratory event took place on the 2013 Read More…
The 238th Lantern Ceremony was held on Sunday night at Old North Church concluding with the Lighting of the Lanterns and Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. In this video segment, Old North Vicar, Rev. Stephen T. Ayres, lights the lanterns (candle malfunction notwithstanding) and gives them to this year’s carriers to symbolize Robert Newman’s climb Read More…
Event announcement from Filippo Ristorante: We invite you to a special presentation this Friday evening, March 22nd, 2013, from 6-9PM at FILIPPO Ristorante, entitled “L’Aquila 3D Presentation, Inside the Closed City”. As you know, after the devastating earthquake of April 6th, 2009, Filippo and a group of very compassionate Boston-based friends, raised the necessary funds Read More…
There were many proud North Enders as part of the Sons of Liberty. Paul Revere gets most of the attention, but an emerging online archive is highlighting the exploits of North End hero Dr. and Major General Joseph Warren. Dr. Joseph Warren on the Web is actively archiving the life of this Hanover Street resident Read More…
Last week, our sexton brought a UPS box addressed to me into my office. I wasn’t expecting anything and was surprised by the weight of the package. We opened it up to discover a headstone, not something you get in the mail every day. The headstone was accompanied by a picture of a young sailor Read More…
In the March 2013 issue of Bostoniano magazine, we found some new articles related to the North End. James Pasto revisits “Street Corner Society,” the famous sociological study of the North End by William Foote Whyte: About halfway through his stay in the North End, Whyte married Kathleen King, and the two moved to a Read More…
A Stations of the Cross plaque is for sale on Craigslist said to be “from a church in the North End” by a seller named Rhonda in Newbury. The listed price is $145. The item piqued the interest of North Ender and accomplished historian, Jessica Dello Russo. Her father went to St. Mary’s and thinks Read More…
The Boston Massacre was reenacted on Saturday night at the same spot in front of the Old State House where five colonists were killed by British regulars on March 5, 1770. Boston Massacre Facts and Numbers Photos by Matt Conti
The Citizens Bank Foundation leads year-end giving for Paul Revere House Education Center Campaign Grant to support construction on Education Center’s Visitor Enrichment Room BOSTON – The Paul Revere Memorial Association today announced several major donations to its Capital Campaign, including a $30,000 grant from the Citizens Bank Foundation. “Citizens Bank has been a key Read More…
On January 17, 1950, the Great Brink’s Robbery took place in Boston’s North End at the corner of Commercial and Prince Streets. Known today as the “Brink’s Garage,” the property marks where $1,218,211.29 in cash and $1,557,183.83 in checks, money orders, and other securities were taken in the “crime of the century” and the largest Read More…