[Lee Stewart]

Paul Revere held up the lanterns in the Old North Church.

"One if by land, two if by sea" is the famous quote by Longfellow that was given to the lantern code to be used in the Old North Church to determine how the British were approaching Boston. Paul Revere is best associated with this historic event, but he was not the one to hold up the lanterns. The church said that the church sexton Robert Newman, and Vestryman Capt. John Pulling, Jr. were likely the ones inside the church to pull off the signal.