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I'm 67, and never got to travel much. Since grade school, I've always wanted to see important sites in American history and walk inside of them. Thanks to your videos, now I can!
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Philadelphia is amazing. I went to Independence Hall on the 4th of July a few years ago and they opened the second floor where they keep a room full of muskets. The biggest room on the second floor is a long, narrow ballroom with a harpsichord at one end of it. Many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried in a churchyard about a block away from Independence Hall, across the street from the US Mint. Almost 60 years before the founding of the beer company, a member of the Heineken family, who was a Dutch diplomat serving in the US, was buried there.
I enjoy your videos. I cannot get to these historical places so your videos help see them. Your narratives are extremely interesting to the point that you add more facts then school history books. Thank you for what you do. I live history and historical things. I live in a historical city and I have visited sites from the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Going downtown is going back in history. Keep up the good work.
When I toured the church two years ago we were told the neighbors complained about the smell of rotting corpses so the church decided to cement them in a pile, like you showed down in the crypt. I love all your videos and every once in a while I look through your backlog. Thanks for all you do.
Nicely done. One gentle correction: the bell ringers were not “little children” but strong adult men who were highly trained in Bell Changing. This, because many bells weighed tons. The Bell Changers used wrapped ropes to swing the giant bells in a precisely timed sequence. Note in your good video how the ropes are widely separated and wrapped, and note the benches along 4 walls where changers could rest while replacing each other. They composed a new math formula for each weekly concert (as you can read in the cursive script shown in your video). The changers followed the composer’s formulae like sheet music during concerts that lasted hours at a time without pausing. If you read the script in the video, you see they played concerts like this every week in North tower for TWO HOURS at a time, each serving as a changer for a 1 year term. Yes, Paul Revere was a bell changer at Old North but as a trained adult, not a child, which is even more admirable. Google ‘Change Ringing’ and be prepared. 😅thanks very much!
Ok, first, I, a native Bostonian, am making this comment with a figurative gun held to my head by my wife, also a native Bostonian. I find the issue mildly entertaining. Kate, on the other hand is apoplectic!! The issue in question is the pronunciation of some city names. I think we both found your pronunciation of Concord as "Concord" instead of the proper "Concrd" endearing but when you pronounced Charlestown as "Charleston" , I thought she was going to lose her mind, her being an actual "Townie" and all...........😂😂😂 On a more serious note, your videos are absolutely fantastic. They should be required viewing in every high school American History class. Strong work, Sir! Very strong work!!
I live in Vermont. It's so interesting to learn of our history. The man and his family that were the very first settlers of the land I live on came here in 1799, he moved here from Barre, Massachusetts. I know this because he buried right next to my property in what must have started as his family cemetery, and it's written on his gravestone. His parents would have been alive at the time Paul Reveer made his famous ride, they may have even known him.. I love pondering on these things
Very, very well-done. Thank you. I was actually born on the Fourth of July in Washington, DC, and I have this stuff down deep in my soul, and just can't get enough of it.
I loved walking through Boston last summer. So much history crammed into one of the most vibrant and interesting cities I’ve been to in this country! It felt like every step was liable to whirl you back in time with the founding fathers.
The OVERWHELMING majority of Boston residents these days HATE the founding fathers and everything they stood for. As part of the minority who does not agree with these people, I can assure you that you will be ostracized for not going along with the idea that ALL early Americans were racists and nothing more.
I have been waiting for the Old North Church episode... what a blessing and an honor to stand in the steeple. One might say that those two lanterns were the sparks that lit the fuse of the Revolution. Thank you for taking us there!
I must confess, the moment you brought us inside the OLD NORTH CHURCH, I experienced a rush of emotion, having visited Boston and the Old North Church with my parents in 1969. A nice day trip from our home in Southern Connecticut. The Church is just as I remember it. Immense thanks and appreciation to Catherine and Emily for rounding out the narrative so beautifully. The organ is gorgeous. Is it still functional? Loved visiting the crypt that contains so much, both historically and architecturally. I loved how you slowly transitioned from the crypt to the nave. Beautifully filmed. Cannot thank you enough for this visit. Would love to hear the Bells peal out across the City. “One If By Land. Two If By Sea.” 🇺🇸
Wow! The inside of the church blew me away. Very beautiful. Had no idea there was a crypt beneath it. 1,100 people there, astounding! The steeple has some amazing history as well being knocked over a few times
Boston was such an amazing place to visit. Not only did I get see the Red Sox at Fenway, but I got the chance to visit and walk around Paul Revere's home. It's a beautiful city and rich in history!
How lucky to visit Paul Revere’s home. I was recently surprised to learn that he also had a silver shop. He made spoons with very unique(at the time) handles, bowls, etc. He did engraving on silver and copper to make money.
Our daughter went to grad school in Rhode Island, so we were able to visit her and see so much history on the East Coast. In Providence and in Boston, you can find a walking tour indicated by a red painted line through each city.
Terrific job! My wife and I love Boston and it’s history during the revolution. You added a few tidbits of info we did not know. My wife is a retired teacher, says you are excellent.
Thanks! I’m from Boston and one of the Vicars was Rev Robert Golledge, who lived in my town of Auburndale and used to minister to the Episcopal church there. I went through school with his kids. He had an incredible voice and my mom used to say he’d make reading the phone book sound fascinating. Anyhow, just a lil bit of my personal history with the church. Great video!
After doing a living history event here in 2016, we were invited to climb to the top of the steeple. The view itself is commanding and you could picture what the view would have looked like back then.
I am in heaven with these long videos 😊 I’m almost as obsessed with the Revolutionary War as I am the Civil War so these new videos are awesome Thanks for doing them
Thank you for showcasing Old North Church. I was born and still live in MA. When you get a chance, please return and showcase the other landmarks that memorialize our history. Paul Revere's house is nestled in the North End (Italian District) and walking the Freedom Trail is quite rich with history including final resting places of individuals prominent in that time. I've been in Old North Church twice and it has a distinct smell to it. We were not permitted into the catacombs or balcony/bell room. So much history and interesting facts surrounding the birth of our Nation.
fun fact: there is an old Budweiser can on top of the Samuel Nicholson tomb. I discovered it when I took the tour of the crypts and got curious what they looked like from the top. The can is an old one from (presumably) the 60s based on the can style. The tour guides I mentioned it to had been working there for almost 10 years and had no clue of it. Was pretty cool to me.
One of those lanterns still exists. It’s at the Concord Museum. The most amazing books I’ve ever read was by Paul Hackett Fischer called Paul Revere’s Ride. The real story!!
I love that book too! Highly recommend it. Also a note to JD, Concord has an emphasis on the first syllable not the second. Enjoyed the video, especially the tombs!
Hey! @TheHistoryTraveler INTERESTING FACT: the gunpowder store (at least part of it) was kept in my great (way back great) grandfather’s barn/mill. They kept it in barrels marked for flour. When the British made their raid, The Wheeler family (my relatives) told them “all these Barrels are just flour see?” As the opened the only barrel of actual flour. The British did not take the time to search any other barrels and the powder remained with the patriots! (Go great grandpa eh!?)
Really interesting stuff. I'm happy that you're finally doing episodes on this part of our history. You're doing an amazing job. I have been watching your videos since you only had about a thousand followers, and i have thoroughly enjoyed your videos ever since
I traveled more in Europe as that is where we were stationed. We also learned more European history and our field trips were in Europe too. Thank you for teaching me new things. I lived on base for a year and did make it to Fanveil Hall once.
We were there 25 years ago and they would not allow us to turn on our video cameras. I always placed black tape over the "on" light and I was able to video the interior.
That was so fantastic of a video! I am Canadian but I have just over 40 members of my family who fought on the American side in the Rev. war. I am so proud of them! I did have one family member that fought on the British side and moved to Southern Ontario after the war. He was given 160 acres of land as a reward for being loyal to the Crown. We however call him the black sheep of the family! 😆😆😆
If Benedict Arnold had remained loyal to the revolution, a decent sized chunk of Ontario and Quebec might have become part of the United States. His troops were in Quebec City on New Year's Eve 1775. He became a traitor because he was offered a large amount of money when he was struggling financially. Even before he was bribed, he was already disgruntled because he married the daughter of a loyalist, which made him less likely to get a promotion.
I went to the Old North Church back in the 80's and from what I remember Paul Revere's family had one of the box pews. My Mom and I were there for about one day. We loved it there.
Loved the church when we visited, don't know if you had time JD but after leaving the church and the direction you were going there is an original cemetery dating back to early Boston, very interesting headstones.
Yes, it is nearby Copp's Hill burying ground. Among others, the Mathers are buried there. Long ago, when a graduate student in Boston, on a pleasant fall or spring day, I would take my books and study there, sitting on the ground, with my back proped against a historic tombstone. Neighborhood children played happily amongst the gravestones until their mothers called them in to their supper.
My wife was related to Robert Newman and was the first female to actually recreate the hanging of the lanterns in 1967. Newman was Sexton or Sacristan of the Church who was responsible for, among other things, maintenance of the Church and the graveyard adjacent to the Church. Family history does not record whether he was the gravedigger which was typically a responsibility of the Sexton. I live in Concord and enjoyed your videos of the area that I love so much. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing. I enjoy the Boston/Salem area. So much history in one place. I recently learned that most of my family migrated from England in the late 1600's and early 1700's to Massachusetts and Connecticut.
I was born and raised in Beverly which used to be part of Salem. Danvers used to be part of Salem, also. The witch trials took place in Danvers. Actually, everything took place in Danvers. Danvers has an area called ‘Salem Village’. The only thing that took place in Salem were the hangings. The location is near Salem Hospital. Did you know Salem is named from JeruSALEM? It means ‘peace’.
Thank you for sharing this history. I’m glad that people are getting to enjoy what I grew up with. I wish you had time to see the Continuation (Old Ironsides) she’s a beautiful ship and the oldest commissioned ship in the US Navy. 😁👍
Incredible! The amazing history of the church and it's people that isn't widely known has to shared. Thank you JD for your time and love our country! Boston is on our list most definitely!
It breaks my heart that many public schools no longer teach American history. My cousin's grandchildren, educated in CT and now in MA, do not know who Paul Revere is. They have no knowledge of this country's founding.
I live near Boston and we go here almost every month. Very fun and historical place, places I recommend: Old North Church, Paul Revere's House, Freedom Trail, Boston Harbor, Fenway Park, and way more.
Spent the night awake at the ER so time for bed. But you know I'm coming right back to watch this as soon as I wake up. My best to you and yours JD, thanks for everything that you bring to the youtubes
A bit of Civil War era trivia...John Wilkes Booth and his brother Edwin performed frequently in Boston theaters. Edwin is buried in the Mount Auburn cemetery in Cambridge, MA along with other historical figures. That cemetery is on my list of places to visit.
Thanks for doing this series on the Revelation! I took a trip to Boston back in '09 and thoroughly enjoyed it. I attended the church's Sunday service, and took the behind the scene tour after. Very cool!
I've been inside the Old North Church, and in 1975 President Gerald Ford attended a service there and made a speech on the bicentennial of the American Revolution, which I watched on TV and the sound of the organ was beautiful. An amazing historical building.
I love going into old churches and looking around. What a bonus that there was so much history here 👍 Now I want to know how many people were waiting for JD to smack his head while he was exploring 😆
Thanks for the informative tour. My family and I visited the Old North Church when we did the Freedom Trail many years ago. Many vacations included visiting historic sights with our children.
Great video! I am currently reading a new biography by Stacy Schiff, on Samuel Adams, who was quite instrumental in the Revolution against the British. Seeing the Old North Church has brought a wonderful history and visual to my current book.. thanks so much!
I've seen several items from the Revolution on television shows that were for sale or headed to auction. The value is astounding, the true cost of Freedom and Liberty.
My FIL passed away from this illness, thinking about it now, I remember him just wanting to be around the ones he loved. I wish I would have listened more. After listening to your TH-cam, I see where prayers are already being answered. Your strength and faith shines through and you are ministering to so many others. Praying for Miss Cindy (peace, comfort and strength) and you all is a blessing for me. Katie, my husband has seen our daughter’s Angel, (interesting circumstance) he said he has never felt the love and pride her Angel showed for her, it was all consuming, if it can be described.
I can't imagine sitting in church smelling rotten flesh. I thought pre civil war buildings still standing was amazing and now pre revolutionary war church is still standing! Outstanding video!
When in Boston, I’ve attended church services there on Sunday mornings, several times. It is still an active Episcopal Church and gets no government money to maintain the site. They play the historic pipe organ during the service which is a real treat. The actually do “change ringing” of the bells after the service.
I remember walking the trail that took you around to places like Paul Revere's home and the Old North Church. Boston is rich in history. I would go back to visit Boston again strictly for seeing these places again. I also got to visit the Minute Man Monument.
One of our favorite vacations was our trip to Boston and completing the Freedom Trail walking tour. We made it to all the locations except for Bunker hill. JD that was a very comprehensive tour. More than what we saw at the church. I can’t wait for more.
Love learning about history! I am a DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution. My ancerstors came across from England Started the Baptist Church in Boston. It stands to this day!
Another fascinating look back at both American and British history JD, you seem to be able to ferret out some of the facts about people and places that others miss, and that is a great credit to you and your passion for history. I have never thought about it before but in a roundabout way the War of Independence was a little like a civil war, there were presumably those of British origin that would have fought alongside the regular army and those that fought with the forces for independence, and your visit to the church also proves that with the tomb of Major Pit-Cairn being firmly on American soil there is a part of America that will “be forever England”. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸🇺🇦
It very definitely a civil war. About 1/3 of the colonists favored independence, 1/3 were Loyalist, and 1/3 just wanted the war to end. As an example, Benjamin Franklin is one of the more famous Founding Fathers. His son William was the last Royal Governor of New Jersey, and remained Loyalist through the conflict.
I had the privilege to visit the Old North Church during a business trip to Boston. This was while the "Big Dig" was still in progress, so it's been a while. I got to see most everything except the crypt area. Very interesting! The cemeteries in the area are fascinating as well.
Outstanding video! As I am presently living in Sturbridge, MA, which is about an hour southwest of Boston, I have done the Freedom Trail tour in Boston several times. The Old North Church is one of my favorite stops on the Freedom Trail tour. I have never gotten up to the bell chamber, though, so I am very thankful you took us up there with you. I am very glad the TRUE story of Paul Revere's ride was explained. The Longfellow poem has always bothered me for its inaccuracies, which most people believe. Great content, as always, JD.
Fascinating video I’ve learned some things that i had no clue about, I have never been to Boston but its on my wife’s and I bucket list so much history. Great video JD thank you sir
I've walked the Freedom Trail in Boston twice. This experience is well worth it. You learn more about American history and the beginnings of our Nation. The historic buildings are in the sites where they were back in the 1770s. Some are sandwiched between modern buildings. I find that fascinating. It's such a wonderful surprise to come across them. I recommend walking the Freedom Trail if you visit Boston. You won't regret it❤😊 The Old North Church is on the Trail.
Though a member of Trinity Church (on Copley Square), I occasionally worshipped at Christ Church (Old North); but, though a historian, never got into the undercroft, though I did know the first Rector was entombed under the pulpit. So, thanks for taking us on this fascinating tour of the building, top (almost) to bottom. Any Methodist viewers might be interested to know that Charles Wesley spent some time as Curate there before returning to England from his missionary trip to Georgia. A note on "logwood" and it's value might be helpful, as I suspect few viewers know that at that time it was a very precious purple dye -- nothing to do with logs or timber, which was certainly abundant and cheap in New England. (Logwood is still available for anyone who may wish to experiment with organic dyes.)
I’ve lived in Massachusetts my whole life and I learns new things 1:24 about the church. My husband and I watch your videos religiously but on tv so we don’t often comment. Love your videos. I feel like I’m on the trip with you.
As someone who plays Fallout, I really appreciate their attention to accuracy. Playing that game as a Canadian has led me down a history nerd rabbit hole. Comparing game lore and reality and seeing how much they incorporated history.
Thank you for doing what you do. I would never be able to see all of this history. I've read Books about all this history but what you're doing is bringing it alive. WOW. very interesting.
I visited the church many years ago with my family. It was truly an amazing experience. We visited several other places in Boston including the various cemeteries.
In former days I visited Boston many times on business. I always tried to include the weekend at the front of my visit to take in the sights. On Sundays, being an Episcopalian, I went to North Church for services. North Church has an interesting custom: If a British ship is in port, the captain is invited to deliver the sermon in the pulpit on Sundays. On one occasion, I was privileged to not only hear the sermon, but that ship'd band played the service music!
What a great video. Thanks for posting. I did the freedom trail walk with my buddy 1976 when we where in High School. It was an amazing adventure, seeing all the artifacts. It really but a face of reality to are history.
Grew up about 20-30 min south. Been to that church multiple times as a kid and never knew about the crypt below. I believe one of the original lanterns is on display in Concord/Lexington if I’m not mistaken. We used to take school trips out there as kids. I’ve always loved living in New England.
Very interesting. Local citizen of a Boston suburb and worked in and around Boston as a repairman for 34 years and have been in that church. I did learn something new about P aul Revere and the bell ringers. I also remember hurricane Carol as I was 8 yrs old. No power for a week !.
Great video… I am a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and have several Patriot ancestors from the Boston area, one who died in 1777. Went to the Old North Church years ago but didn’t know about the crypt. Thanks for sharing.
The old box pews are so interesting. I didn’t see the North church when I was visiting family in Boston. The box pews reminded me of Colonial Williamsburg (If you haven’t been You have to go. We used to have season passes we love it so much). But the church there has box pews as well. That was the first time I’d ever seen them before. I sat in one at Williamsburg and mentioned to one of the volunteers that I couldn’t see over the pew (I’m a rather short woman) and she was saying how back then mass/service was more to be heard and not seen. As a catholic I found that very interesting as of course today, really in any church you want to see what’s happening. But especially as a catholic because I feel there is much to see during the mass.
Many years ago when my family and me went to Old North Chuch there were pews at the back of the church that faced the back of the church. And we were told that was where people who arrived late for church would set...
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I'm 67, and never got to travel much. Since grade school, I've always wanted to see important sites in American history and walk inside of them. Thanks to your videos, now I can!
My pleasure! Thanks.
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Philadelphia is amazing. I went to Independence Hall on the 4th of July a few years ago and they opened the second floor where they keep a room full of muskets. The biggest room on the second floor is a long, narrow ballroom with a harpsichord at one end of it. Many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried in a churchyard about a block away from Independence Hall, across the street from the US Mint. Almost 60 years before the founding of the beer company, a member of the Heineken family, who was a Dutch diplomat serving in the US, was buried there.
I enjoy your videos. I cannot get to these historical places so your videos help see them. Your narratives are extremely interesting to the point that you add more facts then school history books. Thank you for what you do. I live history and historical things. I live in a historical city and I have visited sites from the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Going downtown is going back in history. Keep up the good work.
When I toured the church two years ago we were told the neighbors complained about the smell of rotting corpses so the church decided to cement them in a pile, like you showed down in the crypt. I love all your videos and every once in a while I look through your backlog. Thanks for all you do.
Nicely done. One gentle correction: the bell ringers were not “little children” but strong adult men who were highly trained in Bell Changing. This, because many bells weighed tons. The Bell Changers used wrapped ropes to swing the giant bells in a precisely timed sequence. Note in your good video how the ropes are widely separated and wrapped, and note the benches along 4 walls where changers could rest while replacing each other. They composed a new math formula for each weekly concert (as you can read in the cursive script shown in your video). The changers followed the composer’s formulae like sheet music during concerts that lasted hours at a time without pausing. If you read the script in the video, you see they played concerts like this every week in North tower for TWO HOURS at a time, each serving as a changer for a 1 year term. Yes, Paul Revere was a bell changer at Old North but as a trained adult, not a child, which is even more admirable. Google ‘Change Ringing’ and be prepared. 😅thanks very much!
In eighth grade I had memorize the first few stanzas of the poem the Ride of Paul Revere I am 75 and I still remember the poem by heart
“Oh, Boston you’re my home” (Literally!) ❤
Ok, first, I, a native Bostonian, am making this comment with a figurative gun held to my head by my wife, also a native Bostonian. I find the issue mildly entertaining. Kate, on the other hand is apoplectic!! The issue in question is the pronunciation of some city names. I think we both found your pronunciation of Concord as "Concord" instead of the proper "Concrd" endearing but when you pronounced Charlestown as "Charleston" , I thought she was going to lose her mind, her being an actual "Townie" and all...........😂😂😂
On a more serious note, your videos are absolutely fantastic. They should be required viewing in every high school American History class. Strong work, Sir! Very strong work!!
Ha! Thanks.
Yes! I went to Concrd-Carlisle HS, so I know what you mean!😂
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I live in Vermont. It's so interesting to learn of our history. The man and his family that were the very first settlers of the land I live on came here in 1799, he moved here from Barre, Massachusetts. I know this because he buried right next to my property in what must have started as his family cemetery, and it's written on his gravestone. His parents would have been alive at the time Paul Reveer made his famous ride, they may have even known him.. I love pondering on these things
Makes me love and even more proud to be a lifelong resident of Boston watching these amazing videos
I’m not from Boston but have been there many times. It’s always my first choice when I have a chance to travel ❤
Very, very well-done. Thank you. I was actually born on the Fourth of July in Washington, DC, and I have this stuff down deep in my soul, and just can't get enough of it.
Thanks!
I loved walking through Boston last summer. So much history crammed into one of the most vibrant and interesting cities I’ve been to in this country! It felt like every step was liable to whirl you back in time with the founding fathers.
Pretty amazing place.
As a massachusetts resident, im glad you enjoyed your visit to the city!
The OVERWHELMING majority of Boston residents these days HATE the founding fathers and everything they stood for. As part of the minority who does not agree with these people, I can assure you that you will be ostracized for not going along with the idea that ALL early Americans were racists and nothing more.
I have been waiting for the Old North Church episode... what a blessing and an honor to stand in the steeple. One might say that those two lanterns were the sparks that lit the fuse of the Revolution. Thank you for taking us there!
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I must confess, the moment you brought us inside the OLD NORTH CHURCH, I experienced a rush of emotion, having visited Boston and the Old North Church with my parents in 1969. A nice day trip from our home in Southern Connecticut. The Church is just as I remember it. Immense thanks and appreciation to Catherine and Emily for rounding out the narrative so beautifully. The organ is gorgeous. Is it still functional? Loved visiting the crypt that contains so much, both historically and architecturally. I loved how you slowly transitioned from the crypt to the nave. Beautifully filmed. Cannot thank you enough for this visit. Would love to hear the Bells peal out across the City. “One If By Land. Two If By Sea.” 🇺🇸
I love your narrative when exploring these exemplary pieces of history. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks!
Wow! The inside of the church blew me away. Very beautiful. Had no idea there was a crypt beneath it. 1,100 people there, astounding! The steeple has some amazing history as well being knocked over a few times
Pretty wild.
You can take a tour of the crypt if you visit! It's pretty cool!
You’ve never seen National Treasure?!?
Boston was such an amazing place to visit. Not only did I get see the Red Sox at Fenway, but I got the chance to visit and walk around Paul Revere's home. It's a beautiful city and rich in history!
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Also a wonderful place to live. I went to college in Boston and lived there for 16 yrs.
Agreed! I live in Boston and love it. It's good for me to watch these videos so I remember how special these things are.
If you can find parking
How lucky to visit Paul Revere’s home. I was recently surprised to learn that he also had a silver shop. He made spoons with very unique(at the time) handles, bowls, etc. He did engraving on silver and copper to make money.
Our daughter went to grad school in Rhode Island, so we were able to visit her and see so much history on the East Coast. In Providence and in Boston, you can find a walking tour indicated by a red painted line through each city.
Did you know it wasn’t the ‘Boston Tea Party’ that began the Revolutionary War? It began in Rhode Island when ‘The Gaspee’ was attacked at night.
Terrific job! My wife and I love Boston and it’s history during the revolution. You added a few tidbits of info we did not know. My wife is a retired teacher, says you are excellent.
Thanks! I’m from Boston and one of the Vicars was Rev Robert Golledge, who lived in my town of Auburndale and used to minister to the Episcopal church there. I went through school with his kids. He had an incredible voice and my mom used to say he’d make reading the phone book sound fascinating. Anyhow, just a lil bit of my personal history with the church. Great video!
After doing a living history event here in 2016, we were invited to climb to the top of the steeple. The view itself is commanding and you could picture what the view would have looked like back then.
I am in heaven with these long videos 😊
I’m almost as obsessed with the Revolutionary War as I am the Civil War so these new videos are awesome
Thanks for doing them
Ha! Yeah, these have been a bit longer.
You need to visit the the 149 meeting house in West Barnstable.
We went to Boston, walked the Freedom Trail, and had the poem “The Ride of Paul Revere” going through my head at every stop we made! Was so amazing!
Thankyou, I am from Boston and I learned so much from this channel that I did not know. Thankyou again!
So glad! Thanks!
Thank you for showcasing Old North Church. I was born and still live in MA. When you get a chance, please return and showcase the other landmarks that memorialize our history. Paul Revere's house is nestled in the North End (Italian District) and walking the Freedom Trail is quite rich with history including final resting places of individuals prominent in that time. I've been in Old North Church twice and it has a distinct smell to it. We were not permitted into the catacombs or balcony/bell room. So much history and interesting facts surrounding the birth of our Nation.
fun fact: there is an old Budweiser can on top of the Samuel Nicholson tomb. I discovered it when I took the tour of the crypts and got curious what they looked like from the top. The can is an old one from (presumably) the 60s based on the can style. The tour guides I mentioned it to had been working there for almost 10 years and had no clue of it. Was pretty cool to me.
One of those lanterns still exists. It’s at the Concord Museum. The most amazing books I’ve ever read was by Paul Hackett Fischer called Paul Revere’s Ride. The real story!!
Yes. Revere was stopped before reaching Concord; but the ride was successfully completed by a colleague named Dawes.
Wonderful book read recommendation! One of my faves!
I love that book too! Highly recommend it. Also a note to JD, Concord has an emphasis on the first syllable not the second. Enjoyed the video, especially the tombs!
Completely fascinating. The inside of the church is beautiful. Thankful that such places are restored and open to the public.
Absolutely.
Awesome piece of history, thanks born and raised in Massachusetts and I keep learning how much this state paved the way 🇺🇸🗽
As usual a fine report. Boston is one of the historic American places I have not been. So, your coverage is greatly apreciated.
I highly recommend you go to Boston some day. Boston has so much history and it much more interesting than the overrated New York City in my opinion.
And - Boston has better food!
Hey! @TheHistoryTraveler INTERESTING FACT: the gunpowder store (at least part of it) was kept in my great (way back great) grandfather’s barn/mill. They kept it in barrels marked for flour.
When the British made their raid, The Wheeler family (my relatives) told them “all these Barrels are just flour see?” As the opened the only barrel of actual flour. The British did not take the time to search any other barrels and the powder remained with the patriots! (Go great grandpa eh!?)
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All the years I lived in Mass. I went by the church outside but never went in and checked it out. Great to see the inside of it now. Thank you.
Glad to share it!
Really interesting stuff. I'm happy that you're finally doing episodes on this part of our history. You're doing an amazing job. I have been watching your videos since you only had about a thousand followers, and i have thoroughly enjoyed your videos ever since
That was fascinating. I have never been to Boston, but feel like I am traveling along with you! Thanks so much for the ride!
I traveled more in Europe as that is where we were stationed. We also learned more European history and our field trips were in Europe too. Thank you for teaching me new things. I lived on base for a year and did make it to Fanveil Hall once.
The Old North Church is such an important piece of American History! Really wonderful episode!
Agreed. Thanks!
We were there 25 years ago and they would not allow us to turn on our video cameras. I always placed black tape over the "on" light and I was able to video the interior.
That was so fantastic of a video! I am Canadian but I have just over 40 members of my family who fought on the American side in the Rev. war. I am so proud of them! I did have one family member that fought on the British side and moved to Southern Ontario after the war. He was given 160 acres of land as a reward for being loyal to the Crown. We however call him the black sheep of the family! 😆😆😆
we are grateful for the service of ur family in fighting for freedom!
If Benedict Arnold had remained loyal to the revolution, a decent sized chunk of Ontario and Quebec might have become part of the United States. His troops were in Quebec City on New Year's Eve 1775. He became a traitor because he was offered a large amount of money when he was struggling financially. Even before he was bribed, he was already disgruntled because he married the daughter of a loyalist, which made him less likely to get a promotion.
Freedom is not Free. We need to teach the real history of our history. Thank you for your Service. Love Toranto. Detroit talking 🙏🇺🇸🇨🇦
Why did they move to Canada?
I went to the Old North Church back in the 80's and from what I remember Paul Revere's family had one of the box pews. My Mom and I were there for about one day. We loved it there.
Amazing place.
Visited Boston back in 2010 beautiful city, this church is spectacular the city is full of history. You can imagine living back in those days!
That is soooo interesting. You teach some really interesting history lessons. Keep up the great work!
Loved the church when we visited, don't know if you had time JD but after leaving the church and the direction you were going there is an original cemetery dating back to early Boston, very interesting headstones.
Yes, it is nearby Copp's Hill burying ground. Among others, the Mathers are buried there. Long ago, when a graduate student in Boston, on a pleasant fall or spring day, I would take my books and study there, sitting on the ground, with my back proped against a historic tombstone. Neighborhood children played happily amongst the gravestones until their mothers called them in to their supper.
My wife was related to Robert Newman and was the first female to actually recreate the hanging of the lanterns in 1967. Newman was Sexton or Sacristan of the Church who was responsible for, among other things, maintenance of the Church and the graveyard adjacent to the Church. Family history does not record whether he was the gravedigger which was typically a responsibility of the Sexton. I live in Concord and enjoyed your videos of the area that I love so much. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing. I enjoy the Boston/Salem area. So much history in one place. I recently learned that most of my family migrated from England in the late 1600's and early 1700's to Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Tons of history out there.
I was born and raised in Beverly which used to be part of Salem. Danvers used to be part of Salem, also. The witch trials took place in Danvers. Actually, everything took place in Danvers. Danvers has an area called ‘Salem Village’. The only thing that took place in Salem were the hangings. The location is near Salem Hospital. Did you know Salem is named from JeruSALEM? It means ‘peace’.
Thank you for sharing this history. I’m glad that people are getting to enjoy what I grew up with.
I wish you had time to see the Continuation (Old Ironsides) she’s a beautiful ship and the oldest commissioned ship in the US Navy. 😁👍
No thanks. It’s a scam.
Incredible! The amazing history of the church and it's people that isn't widely known has to shared. Thank you JD for your time and love our country! Boston is on our list most definitely!
It breaks my heart that many public schools no longer teach American history. My cousin's grandchildren, educated in CT and now in MA, do not know who Paul Revere is. They have no knowledge of this country's founding.
Dang. That's awful. Well, maybe you can share a few of these videos with them. :)
I live near Boston and we go here almost every month. Very fun and historical place, places I recommend: Old North Church, Paul Revere's House, Freedom Trail, Boston Harbor, Fenway Park, and way more.
Spent the night awake at the ER so time for bed. But you know I'm coming right back to watch this as soon as I wake up. My best to you and yours JD, thanks for everything that you bring to the youtubes
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This was very well done! I love visiting Boston and love ancient graveyards! It seems like in Boston there is a graveyard just around the corner!
A bit of Civil War era trivia...John Wilkes Booth and his brother Edwin performed frequently in Boston theaters. Edwin is buried in the Mount Auburn cemetery in Cambridge, MA along with other historical figures. That cemetery is on my list of places to visit.
Boston! Definitely on the bucket list for the wife and me. Love, love, history, and old stuff in general.
Lots of history there!
Thanks for doing this series on the Revelation! I took a trip to Boston back in '09 and thoroughly enjoyed it. I attended the church's Sunday service, and took the behind the scene tour after. Very cool!
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Beautifully done! I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for something on the Revolutionary War. Thank you, thank you!!!
Got some more on the way. Feel free to share it out. We definitely need more people connected with our roots.
I've been inside the Old North Church, and in 1975 President Gerald Ford attended a service there and made a speech on the bicentennial of the American Revolution, which I watched on TV and the sound of the organ was beautiful. An amazing historical building.
I love going into old churches and looking around. What a bonus that there was so much history here 👍
Now I want to know how many people were waiting for JD to smack his head while he was exploring 😆
Ha! I was watching myself in that crypt.
Thanks for the informative tour. My family and I visited the Old North Church when we did the Freedom Trail many years ago. Many vacations included visiting historic sights with our children.
Great video! I am currently reading a new biography by Stacy Schiff, on Samuel Adams, who was quite instrumental in the Revolution against the British. Seeing the Old North Church has brought a wonderful history and visual to my current book.. thanks so much!
Thanks!
Hey I’ve down the crypt and up to the bell tower. Love historical places to visit 🖤
Amazing place.
Good job, J.D., can't wait for the next episode. Perhaps Concord?
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I was at the old north church!!! I wasnt aloud to go in. It was closed. Thank you for this video because I was able now to see the inside!!!
Awesome!
I've seen several items from the Revolution on television shows that were for sale or headed to auction. The value is astounding, the true cost of Freedom and Liberty.
Always interesting to see that stuff.
My favorite era of our history! Great as always!
My FIL passed away from this illness, thinking about it now, I remember him just wanting to be around the ones he loved. I wish I would have listened more. After listening to your TH-cam, I see where prayers are already being answered. Your strength and faith
shines through and you are ministering to so many others. Praying for Miss Cindy (peace, comfort and strength) and you all is a blessing for me. Katie, my husband has seen our daughter’s Angel, (interesting circumstance) he said he has never felt the love and pride her Angel showed for her, it was all consuming, if it can be described.
JD, have you ever visited any of the French and Indian War sites/battlefields? A very interesting, and overlooked, part of the country's formation.
A few. Not as many as I’d like though.
I can't imagine sitting in church smelling rotten flesh. I thought pre civil war buildings still standing was amazing and now pre revolutionary war church is still standing! Outstanding video!
Thanks! And yeah, the smelly crypt story really got me.
😊I was a member of Old North for several years while on a corporate transfer. A great smile…and lots of great stories from the long time members.
When in Boston, I’ve attended church services there on Sunday mornings, several times. It is still an active Episcopal Church and gets no government money to maintain the site. They play the historic pipe organ during the service which is a real treat. The actually do “change ringing” of the bells after the service.
I used to live near there and probably passed that church 1000 time but never went in. Thanks for another great video 👍🏻😊
Thanks! Amazing place.
I remember walking the trail that took you around to places like Paul Revere's home and the Old North Church. Boston is rich in history. I would go back to visit Boston again strictly for seeing these places again. I also got to visit the Minute Man Monument.
One of our favorite vacations was our trip to Boston and completing the Freedom Trail walking tour. We made it to all the locations except for Bunker hill. JD that was a very comprehensive tour. More than what we saw at the church. I can’t wait for more.
Love learning about history! I am a DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution. My ancerstors came across from England Started the Baptist Church in Boston. It stands to this day!
I’m a DAR, also! Pendleton’s of Westerly, RI.
Another fascinating look back at both American and British history JD, you seem to be able to ferret out some of the facts about people and places that others miss, and that is a great credit to you and your passion for history. I have never thought about it before but in a roundabout way the War of Independence was a little like a civil war, there were presumably those of British origin that would have fought alongside the regular army and those that fought with the forces for independence, and your visit to the church also proves that with the tomb of Major Pit-Cairn being firmly on American soil there is a part of America that will “be forever England”. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸🇺🇦
It very definitely a civil war. About 1/3 of the colonists favored independence, 1/3 were Loyalist, and 1/3 just wanted the war to end. As an example, Benjamin Franklin is one of the more famous Founding Fathers. His son William was the last Royal Governor of New Jersey, and remained Loyalist through the conflict.
@@roberthudson1959 Thanks for the information, I did not know any of the facts you supplied, thanks again.😀👍🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸🇺🇦
I had the privilege to visit the Old North Church during a business trip to Boston. This was while the "Big Dig" was still in progress, so it's been a while. I got to see most everything except the crypt area. Very interesting! The cemeteries in the area are fascinating as well.
Outstanding video! As I am presently living in Sturbridge, MA, which is about an hour southwest of Boston, I have done the Freedom Trail tour in Boston several times. The Old North Church is one of my favorite stops on the Freedom Trail tour. I have never gotten up to the bell chamber, though, so I am very thankful you took us up there with you. I am very glad the TRUE story of Paul Revere's ride was explained. The Longfellow poem has always bothered me for its inaccuracies, which most people believe. Great content, as always, JD.
Fascinating this building called "church " is old!! Again J.D great history thank you for sharing this with us !
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Very nice vlog. I lived in Boston and visited the Old North Church, but not the crypt or steeple! Such amazing history. Thank you!
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Such a beautiful church! The clime to the top was beautiful! Thank you!
Loved it!
Fascinating video I’ve learned some things that i had no clue about, I have never been to Boston but its on my wife’s and I bucket list so much history. Great video JD thank you sir
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I've walked the Freedom Trail in Boston twice. This
experience is well worth it. You learn more about American history and the beginnings of our Nation.
The historic buildings are in the sites where they were back in the 1770s. Some are sandwiched between modern buildings. I find that fascinating. It's such a wonderful surprise to come across them. I recommend walking the Freedom Trail if you visit Boston. You won't regret it❤😊 The Old North Church is on the Trail.
All the intersting nuggets (one if by land, two if by sea) that helped the Patriots to eventual victory.
Glad that you enjoyed it!
I finished your WWII series. It's one of if not the best WWII documentary series I've watched. Thank you for your hard work to bring history alive.
Oh dang. Thank you. That means a lot. Got a whole ton of WWII content coming after the new year.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I'm glad to hear that. I hope you can do a series on Korea and Native Americans. Thanks again.
Though a member of Trinity Church (on Copley Square), I occasionally worshipped at Christ Church (Old North); but, though a historian, never got into the undercroft, though I did know the first Rector was entombed under the pulpit. So, thanks for taking us on this fascinating tour of the building, top (almost) to bottom.
Any Methodist viewers might be interested to know that Charles Wesley spent some time as Curate there before returning to England from his missionary trip to Georgia.
A note on "logwood" and it's value might be helpful, as I suspect few viewers know that at that time it was a very precious purple dye -- nothing to do with logs or timber, which was certainly abundant and cheap in New England. (Logwood is still available for anyone who may wish to experiment with organic dyes.)
I’ve lived in Massachusetts my whole life and I learns new things 1:24 about the church. My husband and I watch your videos religiously but on tv so we don’t often comment. Love your videos. I feel like I’m on the trip with you.
I got the chance to travel to Boston for work. Been there several times. This series is awesome. Reminds me of all the places I visited.
As someone who plays Fallout, I really appreciate their attention to accuracy. Playing that game as a Canadian has led me down a history nerd rabbit hole. Comparing game lore and reality and seeing how much they incorporated history.
I’ve had several comments about that game. Guess that I need to check it out. 😅
@@TheHistoryUnderground if anything JUST for their use of Boston 🤣
Thank you for doing what you do. I would never be able to see all of this history. I've read Books about all this history but what you're doing is bringing it alive. WOW. very interesting.
in one day you can see 20 incredible sites. in 2 days you can also see the battlefields and march routes.
Appreciate that!
I visited the church many years ago with my family. It was truly an amazing experience. We visited several other places in Boston including the various cemeteries.
My wife loves old churches. She heard and came over and watched.
Awesome!
In former days I visited Boston many times on business. I always tried to include the weekend at the front of my visit to take in the sights. On Sundays, being an Episcopalian, I went to North Church for services. North Church has an interesting custom: If a British ship is in port, the captain is invited to deliver the sermon in the pulpit on Sundays. On one occasion, I was privileged to not only hear the sermon, but that ship'd band played the service music!
What a great video. Thanks for posting. I did the freedom trail walk with my buddy 1976 when we where in High School. It was an amazing adventure, seeing all the artifacts. It really but a face of reality to are history.
Grew up about 20-30 min south. Been to that church multiple times as a kid and never knew about the crypt below. I believe one of the original lanterns is on display in Concord/Lexington if I’m not mistaken. We used to take school trips out there as kids. I’ve always loved living in New England.
Amazing place.
Another excellent video. I really enjoy listening to you tell our nation's history. Thank you.
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Very interesting. Local citizen of a Boston suburb and worked in and around Boston as a repairman for 34 years and have been in that church. I did learn something new about P aul Revere and the bell ringers. I also remember hurricane Carol as I was 8 yrs old. No power for a week !.
Another great video! Keep them coming and thanks again for sending people to my channel! God bless!
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Great video… I am a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and have several Patriot ancestors from the Boston area, one who died in 1777. Went to the Old North Church years ago but didn’t know about the crypt. Thanks for sharing.
The old box pews are so interesting. I didn’t see the North church when I was visiting family in Boston. The box pews reminded me of Colonial Williamsburg (If you haven’t been You have to go. We used to have season passes we love it so much). But the church there has box pews as well. That was the first time I’d ever seen them before. I sat in one at Williamsburg and mentioned to one of the volunteers that I couldn’t see over the pew (I’m a rather short woman) and she was saying how back then mass/service was more to be heard and not seen. As a catholic I found that very interesting as of course today, really in any church you want to see what’s happening. But especially as a catholic because I feel there is much to see during the mass.
Went to Boston for the first time in May and loved it!
Here I am again! Watching this episode and living the series, I cannot wait for more!
Many years ago when my family and me went to Old North Chuch there were pews at the back of the church that faced the back of the church. And we were told that was where people who arrived late for church would set...
We are really enjoying this series. Thank you JD!
Glad you enjoy it!
Fascinating!! Thank you so much! As always outstanding job with editing and storytelling
My favorite history teacher! I am obsessed with early american history,