Growing up in Virginia in the 1960s, Connie Matthews Harshaw was surrounded by reminders of a certain type of American history. “I remember getting dragged to Colonial Williamsburg in middle school ...
Editor's Note: This story is based on an application to Preservation Massachusetts written in 2009 by Peggi Medeiros and Pam Cole. As a result of the application, First Baptist Church was named one of ...
MARIETTA- Nearly two centuries have passed since a group of Baptists “met in the Easterly part of Marietta and joined ourselves into a church,” according to a plaque mounted on a wall of First Baptist ...
Over 150 years ago, Union soldiers rode into Galveston, TX, proclaiming the end of the civil war. June 19, otherwise known as Juneteenth, celebrates the emancipation of slaves, two years after ...
The humble log cabin had no steeple reaching skyward, no carillon bells calling the faithful to worship, no pews for the congregation to gather. In fact, what’s been called Lackawanna County’s first ...
Long before making national news in January for its anti-LGBTQ+ ultimatum, First Baptist Church was well-known for decades as one of the largest congregations in the country, with a ...
The history of First Baptist Church of San Angelo, 37 E. Harris Ave, can be difficult to pin down, because Baptists were active in Tom Green County early on. But their beginnings can definitely be ...
Decades of First Baptist history were likely lost: original stained glass windows, wooden pews, a pipe organ and some historic archives, Lovvorn said. About 2,000 children spent the week at a vacation ...
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