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Presbyterian involvement in wars from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War. Featured image: James Caldwell at the Battle of Springfield by Henry Alexander Ogden.

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Title:
North Korean prisoners of war blood petitions.
Description:
Blood petitions made by North Korean prisoners of war who did not want to return to Communist North Korea following the armistice in 1953. Features an explanatory letter written by Charles A. Anderson to Rev. Harold Voelkel, a chaplain to POWs during the war.
Subject names:
Anderson, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1889-1962., Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.
Topics:
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Prisoners of war--Korea., Fingerprints.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145118
Title:
Korean War plaque.
Description:
Plaque sent to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. as an expression of appreciation to the church for missionaries who ministered to them in Prisoner of War camps during the Korean War. Metal from beer cans. Includes explanatory plastic sign: "Plaque made from tin cans by North Korean prisoners of war presented to the Board of Foreign Missions in appreciation of services of Chaplain Harold Voelkel."
Subject names:
Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.
Topics:
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Church work with prisoners of war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142508
Title:
Korean War plaque.
Description:
Plaque sent to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. as an expression of appreciation to the church for missionaries who ministered to them in Prisoner of War camps during the Korean War. Metal from beer cans. Includes explanatory plastic sign: "Plaque made from tin cans by North Korean prisoners of war presented to the Board of Foreign Missions in appreciation of services of Chaplain Harold Voelkel."
Subject names:
Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.
Topics:
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Church work with prisoners of war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142507
Title:
The Power of the State to Wage War and the Response of the Peace Movement, tape 1.
Description:
Dr. Johan Galtung, research fellow at the Center of International Studies at Princeton University, speaks at the International Peacemaking Consultation of Reformed Churches, Stony Point, May 17-21, 1987.
Creator:
Galtung, Johan Vincent, 1930- (speaker)
Topics:
Peace movements., War.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116395
Title:
The Power of the State to Wage War and the Response of the Peace Movement, tape 2.
Description:
Dr. Johan Galtung, research fellow at the Center of International Studies at Princeton University, speaks at the International Peacemaking Consultation of Reformed Churches, Stony Point, May 17-21, 1987.
Creator:
Galtung, Johan Vincent, 1930- (speaker)
Topics:
Peace movements., War.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116393
Title:
Dean Lewis interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Lewis, Dean H., 1926- (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.)
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Civil rights--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116206
Title:
Dean Lewis interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 2.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.)
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Civil rights--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116205
Title:
Dean Lewis interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 3.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.), Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116204
Title:
Dean Lewis interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 1.
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.)
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Civil rights--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115623
Title:
The Rev. J. W. Alvord's Work in the Army.
Description:
American Tract Society: The Rev. J. W. Alvord's Work in the Army.
Subject names:
Alvord, John Watson, 1807-1880.
Geographic subjects:
United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865--Chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83191
Title:
God's favorite nation.
Description:
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall delivered at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C., Sunday morning, May 24, 1942.
Creator:
Marshall, Peter, 1902-1949. (author)
Subject names:
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Sermons, American--20th century., World War, 1939-1945--Sermons., Presbyterian Church--Sermons--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82930
Title:
The most essential freedom.
Description:
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall delivered at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C., Sunday morning, December 14, 1941.
Creator:
Marshall, Peter, 1902-1949. (author)
Subject names:
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Sermons., Presbyterian Church--Sermons--20th century., Sermons, American--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82914
Title:
The man with the bowler hat.
Description:
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall delivered at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C., Sunday morning, September 29, 1940.
Creator:
Marshall, Peter, 1902-1949. (author)
Subject names:
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Sermons--20th century., Sermons, American--20th century., World War, 1939-1945--Sermons.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82899
Title:
Why should God bless America.
Description:
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall delivered at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C., Sunday morning, September 15, 1940.
Creator:
Marshall, Peter, 1902-1949. (author)
Subject names:
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Sermons., Presbyterian Church--Sermons--20th century., Sermons, American--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82859
Title:
The divine goodness displayed, in the American Revolution: a sermon preached in New York, December 11th, 1783.
Creator:
Rodgers, John, 1727-1811. (author)
Topics:
Sermons, American--18th century., Thanksgiving Day sermons--Early works to 1800.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sermons--Early works to 1800.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:75419
Title:
Wayside Chapel interior.
Description:
Interior view of the Wayside Chapel.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. War Services Unit--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--United States., World War, 1939-1945--War work--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:57389
Title:
Wayside Chapel.
Description:
The Wayside Chapel on the road, 1944.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. War Services Unit--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--United States., World War, 1939-1945--War work--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:57388
Title:
Wayside Chapel.
Description:
Presbyterian minister Douglas Noble (right) stands beside the Wayside Chapel, 1944.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. War Services Unit--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--United States., World War, 1939-1945--War work--Presbyterian Church., Missions--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:57387
Title:
Korea Mission Conference on Post-war Work, 1943.
Topics:
Missions--Korea., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea--Church history--20th century., Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:49118
Title:
Mission Members, Children of Members, Rosters, War Service Data, 1942-45.
Topics:
Missions--Korea., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea--Church history--20th century., Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:49050

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