Aug 12, 2013 HPC acquires a small piece of 1723 original beam from the Old North Church HPC has recently acquired a beautiful piece of an original wooden beam from Boston's famed Old North Church of Paul Revere and Revolutionary War fame. The Old North Church is where the This is where Revere shined his lights, warning people of the approach of the British. This piece was part of a beam originally installed in the church in 1723 and was replaced during a renovation in the 1980s. HPC hopes to be able to get 2 unique pens out of this historical piece of American History. One If by land, Two if by sea The enduring fame of the Old North began on the evening of April 18, 1775, when the church sexton, Robert Newman, and Vestryman Capt. John Pulling, Jr. climbed the steeple 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. Founded in 1722, Christ Church in the City of Boston, known to all as the Old North Church, is Boston’s oldest surviving church building and most visited historical site. In 1775, on the eve of Revolution, the majority of the congregation were loyal to the British King and many held official positions in the royal government, including the Royal Governor of Massachusetts, making Robert Newman’s loyalty to the Patriot cause even more extraordinary. The King gave the Old North’s its silver that was used at services and a bible. In addition to the Old North Church, the Old North campus also includes the 1713 Clough House, one of Boston’s oldest surviving brick residences; a chapel built in 1918 for Italian immigrants, which now serves as the Old North gift shop; two adjoining townhouses, used for administrative, educational, social, civic, and parish programs; three large courtyards, and two formal gardens. Each year, a half a million visitors make the trip to Boston to experience this unique and stirring monument to liberty.
