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.

The First Baptist Church, Providence, Rhode Island

2 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The First Baptist Church, Providence, Rhode Island

THE OLDEST BAPTIST CHURCH IN AMERICA When Roger Williams, Welshman, left England for America because he could not find in the Church of…

The First Baptist Church, Providence, Rhode Island: Williams

On the ground that he had broken the implied agreement, the Governor, on January 11, 1636, sent for him to go to Boston, from whence he was…

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