A North Ender's Memory

A North Ender's Memory. . , "As the family story goes, while some of the locals took bits and pieces of the steeple as souvenirs, my uncle absconded with [a piece of] the weathervane and convinced my dad to hide it in our apartment. Supposedly they stashed it in my bedroom. I was just a week away from turning eight months old at the time. For days the media put out the call for its return. My dad finally convinced my uncle that it was too hot to handle and should be returned. Late one night they carried it down to the waterfront, then made an 'anonymous' call to the police for its recovery. Every time I look up at the steeple I smile knowing that for a short while I slept in the same room with the weathervane." , -Rep. Peter Petrigno, NH State Representative, former North End resident , The Paris, Texas News , Wednesday Afternoon, , September 8, 1954 , Old North Church , Weathervane Parts Sought by Vicar, (BOSTON) The vicar of the Old North Church, which lost its Revere steeple during last week's hurricane, appealed for help today in his search for parts of a weathervane made in 1740. The Rev. Charles Russell Peck said the big letters N-E-W-S. said the big letters spelling the points of the compass, were part of a copper and lead weathervane set in place 35 years before the lanterns were hung that sent Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride. The weathervane was found otherwise intact after it crashed to the ground with the steeple.,