Old North Illuminated

The enduring fame of Old North began on the evening of April 18, 1775, when church sexton Robert Newman and vestryman Capt. John Pulling, Jr. climbed the steeple of Old North Church and held high two lanterns as a signal from Paul Revere that the British were marching to Lexington and Concord by sea across the Charles River and not by land. This fateful event ignited the American Revolution. Old North Church is Boston’s oldest surviving church building and welcomes 150,000 visitors each year as one of the Freedom Trail’s most visited historical sites.

Old North Illuminated is a secular nonprofit organization that educates and inspires diverse audiences through its work interpreting and preserving Boston’s Old North Church, an iconic landmark of the American Revolution. ONI makes the past relevant through on-site interpretation of Old North Church and the development of digital programming for classrooms and adult learners across the country. Formerly known as the Old North Foundation, Old North Illuminated is independent of and a close partner to Christ Church in the City of Boston, the Episcopal congregation of Old North Church.