the Old North Church
/ði ˌəʊld nɔːθ ˈtʃɜːtʃ/
/ði ˌəʊld nɔːrθ ˈtʃɜːrtʃ/
- the popular name for Christ Church, built in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1723. On 19 April 1775 Paul Revere waited for a signal in its tower to tell him the British army had been seen. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow made the church famous in his poem Paul Revere's Ride (1861), which includes the line: 'Hang a lantern in the belfry arch of the North Church tower.’ The tower, which has the first bells ever made in America, was blown down by strong winds in 1954 and built again to its former condition.
老北教堂：基督教堂的俗称，建于1723年，位于马萨诸塞州的波士顿。1775年4月19日，保罗·里维尔（Paul Revere）在其塔楼里等待一个信号，告诉他英国军队已经被看见。亨利·沃兹沃思·朗弗洛（Henry Wadsworth Longfellow）在他的诗作《保罗·里维尔（Paul Revere）的骑行（Ride）》（1861）中使教堂闻名，其中包括：“在北教堂塔楼的钟楼拱门上悬挂灯笼”。该塔是美国有史以来第一把钟，在1954年被大风吹倒，并再次恢复原状。