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

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

Church famous for Paul Revere's ride 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 ...

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 ...

A popular stop for tourists visiting Boston’s North End, the Old North Church is best known for the two lanterns hung from ...

The painted angels with childlike faces and wings were once among the defining features of Old North Church, the oldest church building in Boston, when they were painted around 1730. But the ...

A nearly 300-year-old fresco depicting an angel on the wall of the historic Old North Church in Boston. AP The angels, painted around 1730 and sculpted with round almost childish features and ...