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  Old Salem Church
The church, the 15th New Jersey Monument, the 23rd New Jersey Monument, and one acre of ground are all that remain.
Salem Church, which was dedicated to the ideals of peace and love, became famous instead for the death and misery that war brought to its portals.
Old Salem Church was crowded, and around it shelters of quilts and blankets has been erected, under which the banished women and children crouched in the bitter cold.
www.nps.gov /frsp/sc.htm   (1122 words)

  
 Christ Church in the City of Boston - History
The enduring fame of Old North Church and its sure place in America's story derives from a fleeting moment on the night of April 18, 1775.
The site selected was a piece of pasture near the crown of Copp's Hill (the highest elevation in the North End, hard by the burying ground which still exists) and close to the wharfs and warehouses of sea captains and merchants settling in the area.
You are welcome to enjoy the quiet spaces around the Church: the 18th Century Garden, the St. Francis Garden, the Washington Garden, and the Third Lantern Garden which provides access to the Columbarium where cremated remains can be housed near the thirty-seven ancient tombs beneath the Church.
www.oldnorth.com /hist.htm   (1060 words)

  
 Blore Heath 1459 : "An Old Battlefield" - Transcript of a document in Mucklestone Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
In England's battles, however, Cheshire has done bold service in defence of king and country, and it was chiefly from the yeomen of Cheshire and Shropshire that Lord Audley drew his army of 10,000 men, and gave battle to the enemies of his sovereign, King Henry VI.
When the battle was over the Queen fled over the Heath towards Newcastle, having first taken the precaution to get her horse's shoes reversed in order that the soft turf might not betray the course of her flight.
About three miles to the west is the delightfully quaint old town of Market Drayton, with its ancient fl-and-white timbered houses, which, could they speak, would tell of many a dying straggler from the bloody field who found quiet and protection within their friendly walls.
bloreheath.org /old_battlefield.php   (1557 words)

  
 Art - Saturday, 25-Jun-2005 18:02:08 MSD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Old Otterbein Church is the mother church of the United Brethren in Christ and the...
The old church at Peta"ja"vesi was built in 1763-1764 to act as a village...
Hatford Old Church is famous for being the scene of the marriage between Anne Dudley, the widowed Countess of Warwick, and Sir Edward Unton of Wadley...
ivanyerohin.h1.ru /artshop/artabcdi.html   (3536 words)

  
 Theological conflicts between Galileo and the Catholic Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Therefore, the trial of Galileo could be viewed as a battle of old theology and new theology, as well as old science and new science.
The Catholic Church has its own version of "two-sphere universe": On earth everything is changeable and perishable, but in the transcendental world where God, angels, and the saved souls reside, everything is everlasting.
The conflict between Galileo and the Catholic Church is indeed religious and theological in essence.
seamonkey.ed.asu.edu /~alex/education/hps/galileo.html   (2298 words)

  
 Chelsea Old Church
Peter will be 67 in November and he said that their time at the Old Church had been the happiest and most challenging period and he wished that he could be ten years younger and do a few more things.
The Old Church is a great church with an amazing and glorious history and tradition but above all, as far as Peter and Petra are concerned, the church here is a group of kindly and courteous people who had been supportive and forgiving.
It has been said of Chelsea Old Church that it has the finest collection of church monuments outside Westminster Abbey and they are especially valued because of the painstaking reconstruction of the church after its destruction in the Second World War.
www.chelseaoldchurch.org.uk   (1337 words)

  
 The Battle of New Hope Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
It was the beautiful afternoon of May 25, 1864, when that noted battle of New Hope Church, in the famous Dalton-Atlanta Campaign, was fought.
An episode connected with the battle of New Hope brought sorrow and tears to the old division and sympathy from the Army of Tennessee after the fight.
Their hands were clasped in death, with "feet to the guns and face to the sky." Although they were enemies, my heart melted at the idea that the little boys msut have been twin brothers, and in death's embrace their spirits had taken flight away from mother and home in the forefront of battle.
www.geocities.com /esmereldah/NewHope.htm   (1277 words)

  
 Buried at Old North Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The burial crypt of Major John Pitcairn is located in an area of the Old North Church which is not accessible to the general public.
In 1791, a coffin, said to be Major Pitcairn's was shipped to London for burial in the Church of St. Bartholomew the Less, in the vault belonging to his brother and son, the two Doctors Pitcairn.
Ironically, the Old North Church's place in America's history derives from the night of April l8, 1775 when it's sexton, Robert Newman, climbed the steeple, and briefly hung the two lanterns which signalled the movement of Pitcairn's Marines to begin their march to Concord.
www.winthrop.dk /majpit7.html   (833 words)

  
 Boston NHP: Freedom Trail/Old North Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The congregation of Old North Church was formed when the number of Anglicans in Boston grew too large for King's Chapel.
The association of Old North Church with the American Revolution derives from a single event immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1861 poem "Paul Revere's Ride." On April 18, 1775, sexton Robert Newman crept through the darkness of the empty church to hang two lanterns in the church's belfry.
During the Battle of Bunker Hill, British general Thomas Gage watched the bombing and burning of Charlestown from its spire.
www.nps.gov /bost/bost_lographics/oldnorth.htm   (406 words)

  
 Opportunities Lost, Battle of Cold Harbor
Lee, as was the case in most of his battles, was content to rely not only on the abilities of his subordinate officers but also on the lack of ability of his enemy.
Crossing the Totopotomoy at Whitlocks, it extended southeast to the Shady Grove Church Road, thence nearly east to the mill pond at the head of Matadequin Creek.
The main body of the Federal cavalry was one mile further to the rear along the Old Church road moving toward Cold Harbor.
www.civilwarhome.com /coldharborsummary.htm   (12409 words)

  
 Old Tennent Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Located adjacent to the Battlefield on Tennent Road, north of Route 522, the Old Tennent Presbyterian Church was built in 1751-53 and served as a temporary hospital for the American wounded.
The church was named in memory of the pastors John Tennent and his brother, William.
Near the church are monuments to soldiers killed during the Battle of Monmouth, including Col. Henry Monckton, the highest ranking British officer to die in battle.
www.visitmonmouth.com /tourism/oldtennch.asp   (96 words)

  
 Fredericksburg off the beaten path, issue 10 (Old Salem Church) - By SimplyFredericksburg
After the battle the church served as a hospital.
The congregation of the New Salem Church voted to give the old church to the people in 1961.
Church volunteers will tell you the history of the church.
www.simplyfredericksburg.com /offpath/oldsalemchurch.shtml   (666 words)

  
 7-year-old's leukemia battle rallies church & community - (BP)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Churches from the area -- First Baptist, Cora Baptist, Brownsdale Baptist, Ebenezer Assembly of God, Mt. Carmel Methodist and Cobbtown Mennonite, to name a few -- have donated money and time in an effort to help the Diamond family.
The hospital was very generous and supportive of the church families' presence, the Dillons added.
But they see that their church and community have been strengthened as they have pulled together on Dillon's behalf, and they also remain convinced that God is working through Dillon's situation.
www.bpnews.net /bpnews.asp?Id=6410   (1198 words)

  
 Battle of Arnhem Monument Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The Old Church in Oosterbeek is the oldest hcurch in Holland.
The church is a lot smaller now and was rebuilt when the war was over.
The church was an end of the perimeter en was a post of the Artillery.
www.arnhem1944.com /oudekerk.html   (89 words)

  
 Amsterdam Oudekerk Old Church
She is burried in the old Church at the leftside of the small organ, 19 june 1642, see image below).Remarkably,every year,on the 9th of March at 9 hrs.
Although the famous admiral of the Dutch navy, Michiel Adriaanszoon De Ruyter was planned to be burried in the Old Church, a wealthy owner of a family-vault refused to yield this place, so finally De Ruyter was burried in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam (18 March,1677).
The wooden aisles (houten beuken) of the Old Church still are in original condition.
www.euronet.nl /users/warnar/oudekerk.html   (1571 words)

  
 The Old South Church in Boston
They fought on the hills, in the wheat fields, in the orchards, on the roads, in the streets, amid the crags and boulders in the environs of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
For three days, writes one historian, over 160,000 young men—some 93,000 from the Army of the Potomac, 70,000 from the Army of Northern Virginia—these young men, average age twenty-four years, and their officers, killed and mutilated each other with rifles, cannon, swords and bayonets until by the evening of July 3 there were 43,000 casualties.
A small rostrum stands at the head of the cemetery for the speakers, the governors of the Northern States, the composer of a hymn, the representatives of the dedication committee and of course, Edward Everett and Abraham Lincoln.
world.std.com /~eshu/osc/sermons/jwc18feb01.htm   (2177 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Negotiations begin at Church of the Nativity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The talks over the standoff at the Church of the Nativity, the traditional site of Christ's birth, were being held at an undisclosed location, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Earlier Saturday, Israeli troops killed two Palestinians, one a wanted militant in the church compound, and the Israeli army said a Palestinian bombmaking factory was discovered only about 100 yards from the church compound.
A few yards from the church, a 14-year-old Palestinian boy was moderately wounded by an explosion near Manger Square, hospital officials said.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002/05/04/israel.htm   (982 words)

  
 Visiting the Old First Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Located in historic Old Bennington, we are within a short walk of both the Bennington Museum with its Grandma Moses Gallery and the Bennington Battle Monument.
Robert Frost's remains are buried in the cemetery adjacent to the church.
Although he was not a member of the church, he read his poem, The Black Cottage, at the rededication of our building in 1937, after its restoration to the original interior design.
www.oldfirstchurchbenn.org /visiting.html   (197 words)

  
 Old Sheldon Church Remains
Here entombed inside "his" church are the remains of a man who had been an honorable member of the Colonial House of Commons from 1706 - 1719, colonel of the Berkley County Regiment during the Tuscadora and Yemassee wars, Lord Proprietors Deputy and holder of many other leadership positions.
These ruins, reported not to be on any map, was once Church of Prince William's Parish, built between 1745 and 1755, before the American Revolution.
It was rebuilt in 1826 and renamed Sheldon Church of Prince William's Parish, only to face conflagration again at the hands of Sherman's arsonists in 1865 during the Civil War.
www.charmingtowns.com /dir/society/historic_sites/sheldon_church.html   (1033 words)

  
 Virginia Historical Markers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Referred to by William Byrd in 1732 as the New Brick Church, Mangohick Church was built circa 1730 as a chapel of east for those who lived in remote areas of St. Margaret's Parish.
The parish church was later relocated to Varina, then to Curles, and finally to Saint John's Church in Richmond in 1741.
The Baptist Church of Christ on Four Mile Creek was constituted at Clayton Springs on the 5th of August, 1781.
www.historical-markers.org /distance/index.cgi?mid=154_5432   (10206 words)

  
 A Bibliography of The Battle of Maldon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Hickey, Emily H. "The Battle of Maldon." Academy 27 (1885), 365-66; Academy 28 (1885), 167-68.
A Peculiarity of Alliteration in the Battle of Maldon." Wortbildung, Syntax and Morphologie: Festschrift zum 60.
Rogers, H. The Battle of Maldon : David Casley's Transcript." Notes and Queries N.S. Russom, Geoffrey R. "Artful Avoidance of the Useful Phrase in Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, and The Fates of the Apostles." Studies in Philology 75 (1978), 371-90.
www.wmich.edu /medieval/research/rawl/maldon   (3530 words)

  
 Virginia
The church was used as a hospital by both sides.
William Henry Harrison won fame as an Indian fighter and was the victor in the battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.
The Battle of Fredericksburg The Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862 Maj. Gen.
www.homestead.com /misstoni/Virginia.html   (2638 words)

  
 United Methodist Church, Battle Mtn., NV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
We are a small church with a loving and caring church family fellowship, where people come to know their gifts and to use them in service to God.
In our church people freely acknowledge Jesus as Lord of their lives, increase in faith, and share this faith with others.
All men of all church faiths as well as ladies and children are welcome to come and join us for this time of fellowship.
www.gbgm-umc.org /battlemtn   (698 words)

  
 Guide to Early Church Documents
The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians [ca 130?]: Polycarp was a church leader (bishop) in Smyrna, Asia Minor.
The Writings of Cyprian : Cyprian [200-258] was the Overseer of the church in Carthage, Northa Africa, during a period of fierce persecution.
The Writings of Augustine : Augustine [354-430] was Overseer of the church at Hippo, North Africa, and is considered by many to be the father of western theology.
www.iclnet.org /pub/resources/christian-history.html   (1156 words)

  
 English Parish Churches: Sussex
Lullington Church Sussex [The smallest church in England]
Lullington Church (one of the smallest in England) Alfriston
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye, Sussex - The Nave [Interior]
www.ramsdale.org /epcssx.htm   (223 words)

  
 Battle Summary: Old Church, VA
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On May 30, Torbert’s Division attacked and defeated Butler's Brigade near Old Church.
Butler's troopers were driven steadily back on the road to Old Cold Harbor, opening the door for Sheridan’s capture of the important crossroads the next day.
www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/va059.htm   (95 words)

  
 Christ Church Burial Ground
In 1719, the city of Philadelphia was only 37 years old and Fifth Street, only about three blocks from Christ Church, was considered the "suburbs" or outskirts of the city.
Colonel Edward Buncombe (1742-1777) In 1777, Buncombe was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine and wounded again and captured at the Battle of Germantown.
His poem, "The Battle of the Kegs," is a satiric masterpiece lampooning William Howe's ineptitude when confronted with floating kegs of dynamite bobbing in the Delaware River and headed toward British ships in 1777.
www.ushistory.org /tour/tour_christb.htm   (1547 words)

  
 Village Baptist Church - Men's Ministries - Old   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Complete with ceremony ideas to celebrate accomplishments and ingrain them in his mind, this softcover is as insightful as it is practical in raising a boy to be a chivalrous, godly man.
A companion book to "Every Man's Battle." Recommended reading for men as well as women in order to increase their understanding of what women have to deal with.
It is no wonder that many men avoid church, and those who go are often passive and bored to death.
www.vbconline.org /vbc/men_s   (1099 words)

  
 Newly Added Marker Pages
Battle of Brier Creek--Mar. 3, 1779 (Screven County)
Forks of the Old Federal Road (Murray County)
Old Court House at Sapelo Bridge (McIntosh County)
www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/gahistmarkers/newpages.htm   (355 words)

  
 Vermont - Old First Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The Old First Church in Bennington is one of the best known, and one of the first, churches in the state.
The church is an excellent example of early colonial architecture, and the adjacent cemetery serves as the final resting place for such notables as Robert Frost and the seventy-five soldiers who dies at the Battle of Bennington.
The Old First Church can be found on Route 9, just prior to entering Bennington.
www.virtualvermonter.com /profiles/oldfirstchurch.htm   (199 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Boroughs - New battle at old war site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
As a celebration was held yesterday in Bensonhurst to mark the 220th anniversary of one of the nation's oldest symbols of freedom, word of a new skirmish at the Revolutionary War site has emerged.
The Liberty Pole in front of the New Utrecht Reformed Church on 18th Ave.
The New Utrecht Reformed Church - built with stones from the original 18th-century structure - is at one end of the four-block stretch, Buonvino explained, and the site of the original church and cemetery are at the other.
www.nydailynews.com /boroughs/story/140093p-124348c.html   (545 words)

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