Colonial Williamsburg

“Just as black religion was the “invisible institution” that helped African Americans survive slavery, the black church was the visible institution that helped hundreds of thousands of migrants adjust to urban life while affirming a set of core values consisting of freedom, justice, equality, and an African heritage” (pg.

The Massachusetts Bay colony was an east coast colony near current day Boston. The Massachusetts Bay colony was formed as a Puritan settlement. (Massachussettes bay) Most of the original 400 settlers of the colony were Puritans. The colony celebrated its first Thanksgiving on July 8, 1629. After this, the Massachusetts Bay colony had a period of continual growth and expansion due to many ministers reacting to the oppressive religious policies of England. (the Massachusetts Bay Colony wikipedia) Many Puritan ministries developed due in part to the influx of puritans that vastly dominated

I sat down at my kitchen table with Michael Bruxvoort, a friend and fellow Tar Heel at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on October 25th, 2015. We laughed and talked about his journey through life and all the memories, obstacles and pleasures along the way. Among the many topics we spoke about, the ones that seemed most relevant to him and myself were: the family dynamics of religion within his household, his process of religion through secular spaces and lastly, his transition to Chapel Hill, NC and making it his home. Our conversation through Michael 's life shows how his faith has shaped him to be the man he is today. Through this paper, I will explain and analyze these topics in hopes of better understanding geographies of religion.

First Baptist of Pontotoc, Mississippi, is a hundred and forty-six year old church that is full of history. This paper will provide a brief background of the church history. Over the last four years, three immoral staff members of First Baptist Church of Pontotoc have been contributing factors to the church 's decline.

Massachusetts Bay Colony-1625-1642, one of the original English settlements and was settled by about 1000 Puritan refugees to worship freely without persecution under the governor John

These centers helped to educate the people in the colonies and learn about their common history, all to contribute to the growing sense of education the people were trying to develop. Research shows that “...the Great Awakening as the first spontaneous mass movement of the American people. It tended to break down sectional boundaries as well as denominational lines and contributed to the growing sense that Americans had of themselves as a single people, united by a common history and shared experiences” (Kennedy 97). This quote is showing that the Great Awakening had greatly impacted the education of others and how it was able to help develop the growing minds of the Americans. The colonial colleges the “new light” ministers had founded were Harvard, William and Mary, Yale, College of New Jersey (Princeton), The Academy (Pennsylvania), King’s College (Columbia), Rhode Island College (Brown), Queen’s College (Rutgers), and Dartmouth.

In this legendary,and beloved classic novel,”To Kill a Mockingbird” it have many places that have a symbolic meaning in the fraudulent town of Maycomb, Alabama. Some of those places are the courthouse, the Radley’s place, and the most iconic of all is the African American church. To encapsulated this particular church I have to scrutinize the place itself.

Colonial Williamsburg is one of the most known historic sites to go to because it was where we fought for our independence. It is where the governor lived, the House of Burgesses met, the capital was there for a bit of time until it moved to Richmond, and many other important ideas happened in Williamsburg. There are many shops and buildings in Williamsburg that hosted very important events and ideas. But the one that is most important and is deserving of a commemorative coin minted for is the Magazine. This is the most deserving because it represents importance in colonial times/historical significance, Value to citizens today, and connection to the motto “the future may learn from the past”. It stored supplies for the militia. Without

Capon Chapel is a mid-19th-century church near the town of Capon Bridge in the US state of West Virginia. A Baptist congregation began gathering at the site of the present-day church as early as 1756. The land belonged to William C. Nixon, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and later to the extended family of Captain David Pugh of the West Virginia House of Delegates. Capon Chapel was used as a place of worship by Baptists until the late 19th or early 20th century, by the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church for most of the 20th century, and in this century by the United Methodist Church. The church cemetery contains the remains of John Monroe (one of the first ministers at the site), Nixon, Pugh, American Civil War veterans from the Union and the Confederacy, and free and enslaved African Americans.

Colonial Williamsburg is a massive importance of Virginia, but some of the important buildings are Bruton-Parish Church, Capitol, Governor’s Palace, and Magazine. The holder of ammunition deserves a commemorative coin because of its importance during Colonial times, value today, and its connection with “that the future may learn from the past.”

In Philadelphia during the eighteenth century, faith was the top priority for most of the city’s population. There were many Quakers inhabiting Philadelphia at the time. The first legal Catholic Church was established in the colonial city in 1773. The first stop on the tour and a very important colonial landmark was the Christ Church in Philadelphia. The Christ Church was the tallest building in British North America in 1776. Some of the most important historical figures were memorialized at the church such as Andrew Hamilton, who was responsible for establishing freedom of the press in America. At that time, practicing Catholicism was frowned upon and people were killed for doing so. Another landmark visited on the tour was Old Saint Joseph’s Church. Old Saint Joseph’s Church was the only place in Philadelphia where it was legal to practice the Catholic religion in the eighteenth century.

It had offices for three resident priests and two housekeepers. On August 9, 1964, a solemn groundbreaking was conducted for the new permanent church (Robinson Township Historical Society 91).” The church was built in the mid century modern architectural style popular in the 1950s and 1960s. “Construction was completed in 1966 and on August 27, 1966, the first Mass was celebrated in the new church by Fr. Krysmalski. However, the building was not formally dedicated until May 14, 1967 (“Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church”).”

The Vestry Book of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia and the Letters of Maria Taylor Byrd to William Byrd III provide examples of how the community ledgers and leadership provided by Early Virginian parishes are responsible for the foundation of our nation’s religious and social structure. The pilgrimage to North American left early colonial citizens attempting to build a functioning civilization on a vast unknown land. Due to the zealous faith of early immigrants, the church flourished much quicker than political, social, and economic systems. Early Virginian religious leaders, equipped with Christian authority as well as the business adeptness needed to maintain a church, extended beyond their religious duties to also resolve social and economic controversies for the wellbeing of the community. In order to understand the roles of the Early Virginian Parish, we must study the church’s roles as a sacred place of worship, community center, economic firm, and political office.

The Episcopal Church possesses an important history in its own part as well. Fortunately, some historians have made excellent contributions to the history of Episcopalianism in the South, which are relevant to the study of Episcopalians in Roanoke, Virginia. Rhys Isaac’s The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790 is a classic text on Southern religious history, and in Virginian religious history in particular. Isaac is especially helpful in explaining the disestablishment of the Anglican Church and the reorganization into the Episcopal Church. But once the Episcopal Church began, it quickly encountered a crisis of identity, with some desiring to maintain a “high church” liturgy, while others, perhaps adapting to the surrounding religious culture, tiptoed into a “low church” evangelicalism. Diana Hochstedt Butler’s Standing Against the Whirlwind is effective in its portrayal of the evangelical influence in the Episcopal Church, which seems to have had an influence not only in Virginia, but also in Roanoke in particular. Nevertheless, research from Thomas F. Rzeznik and Peter W. Williams have demonstrated that Episcopalians were also generally sophisticated and cultured. But even these apparent privileges did not prevent Episcopalians in Roanoke from facing their share of struggles. Even still, in the words of Walter B. Posey, “[T]his transplanted church remained close to its traditional faith and ritual,” and the same was true in Magic

Colonial Williamsburg shows us what it was back in the eighteen hundreds for the colonists. There were shops that showed you what they wore, ate, and slept in during the seventeen hundreds and the eighteen hundreds. There can be judged on these three things: Importance during the Colonial Times/Historical Significance, Value or Relevance to Citizens Today, and Connection to the motto, “That the future may learn from the past.” The four most important Colonial Williamsburg historical buildings are the Bruton parish church, the Capitol, the Governor’s Palace, and the Magazine.