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Two If by Sea: 1915
THE SIGNAL LANTERNS OFPAUL REVERE
DISPLAYED IN THE STEEPLE OF THIS CHURCH
APRIL 18 1775
WARNED THE COUNTRY OF THE MARCH
OF THE BRITISH TROOPS TOLEXINGTON AND CONCORD.
Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1915. "Christ Church (Old North)." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
What it means
I lived around the corner from this church in the 1980s and learned a lot about the history of the early days of the American Revolution which began in Boston. Here is an interesting article about how the church in this photo helped to form the United States of America.
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