Old North Church

<p>The Old North Church (officially Christ Church in the City of Boston) is an <a href="/facts/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)/fmF3F2FM">Episcopal</a> mission church located in the <a href="/facts/North_End%2c_Boston/aJz9G3g2">North End</a> neighborhood of <a href="/facts/Boston/exjfn6xf">Boston</a>, <a href="/facts/Massachusetts/9uumCbFI">Massachusetts</a>. The church, which was built in 1723, is the oldest standing church building in the city and a <a href="/facts/National_Historic_Landmark/gSl4aEdv">National Historic Landmark</a>. 
</p><p>Old North Church is notable for its role in <a href="/facts/Paul_Revere/RbaENQrb">Paul Revere</a>'s <a href="/facts/Paul_Revere%2527s_Midnight_Ride/7nrBFXkv">midnight ride</a> on April 18, 1775. On that night, the church's <a href="/facts/Sexton_(office)/km0tBoNI">sexton</a>, <a href="/facts/Robert_Newman_(sexton)/VpSNskhb">Robert Newman</a>, hung two lanterns in the church's steeple which alerted Revere and the other riders to British military movements prior to the <a href="/facts/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord/f7cbUFXP">battles of Lexington and Concord</a>, the first engagements of the <a href="/facts/American_Revolutionary_War/8MxJNtcU">American Revolutionary War</a>.
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Old North Church