The painted angels — with round childlike faces and wings — once were among the defining features of Old North Church when ...

Visitors to the Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts, have apparently entertained angels unawares. Eight paintings of ...

The angels were painted in the early 18th century but painted over in 1912 as part of a renovation of the Old North Church.

Constructed in 1723, Old North Church is the oldest surviving church building in Boston. Painted by a member of the ...

Mural conservators are working to uncover angels hidden under layers of paint for more than a century at the Boston church ...

The Old Church is famous for hanging two lanterns from its steeple on the night of Revere’s 1775 ride to warn of the British ...

A popular stop for tourists visiting Boston's North End, the Old North Church is best known for the two lanterns hung from its steeple on the night of Paul Revere’s 1775 ride to warn of the ...

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BOSTON (AP) — Straddling the scaffolding high up in a historic Boston church, murals conservator Gianfranco Pocobene is working to uncover eight angels that were hidden under layers of paint for ...