Historic Shrines of America

Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

Old Pine Street Church, Philadelphia

3 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

Old Pine Street Church, Philadelphia

WHOSE PASTOR INSPIRED JOHN ADAMS TO PLEAD FOR INDEPENDENCE There were four thousand, seven hundred and seventy-four houses in Philadelphia…

Old Pine Street Church, Philadelphia: Duffield

Rev. George Duffield, D.D., who was pastor from 1772 to 1790, was a prominent figure during the Revolution. He was chaplain of the…

Old Pine Street Church, Philadelphia: British

In a discourse delivered before sevbefore several companies of the Pennsylvania militia and members of Congress, four months before the…

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