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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:
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:
Dr. Henry Steel Commager.
Description:
Dr. Henry Steel Commager, Professor of American History at Amherst, speaks on U.S. policy in Vietnam in an address to the U.S. Conference on Church and Society, Detroit, 1967.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication--Archives., Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998., United States Conference on Church and Society (1967 : Detroit, Mich.)
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Geographic subjects:
Detroit (Mich.), United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8166
Title:
Peace March in Atlanta.
Description:
Peace March in Atlanta on Easter Sunday, 1969 to honor the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's death and call for an end to the Vietnam War.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8102
Title:
Elizabeth Park Community House.
Description:
[Elizabeth Park Community House, Portland, Maine, Christmas 1946 - Christmas Tree.]
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. War Services Unit., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. War Services Unit--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--20th century., Community centers--Maine--Portland--20th century., World War, 1939-1945--War work--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Me.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8081
Title:
Speakers at an anti-war rally.
Description:
Speakers at an anti-war rally [From left: Rabbi Abraham Heschel, Dr. Henry Steel Commage, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Dr. John C. Bennet].
Creator:
Goodwin, John C. (photographer)
Subject names:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives., Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972.
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8020
Title:
Elizabeth Park Community House.
Description:
[Elizabeth Park Community House, Portland, Maine, Christmas 1946 - Santa Claus.]
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. War Services Unit., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. War Services Unit--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--20th century., Community centers--Maine--Portland--20th century., World War, 1939-1945--War work--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Me.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8018
Title:
Youths pray for Vietnam peace, Seattle, Wash.
Description:
Youths pray for Vietnam peace, Seattle, Wash.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Seattle (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8016
Title:
Sanctuary of conscience.
Description:
Sanctuary of conscience: David Hawk and other conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War link arms at the Union Theological Seminary prior to arrest.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hawk, David R.
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7994
Title:
Church meeting before peace walk.
Description:
Church meeting before peace walk.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7653
Title:
Elizabeth Park Community House.
Description:
[Elizabeth Park Community House, Portland, Maine, Children's Christmas party, December 1947.]
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. War Services Unit., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. War Services Unit--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--War work--Churches., Church war work.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Me.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7602
Title:
Union Avenue, Philadelphia.
Description:
[Union Avenue, Philadelphia, during the U.S. Sanitary's Commision's Great Central Fair.]
Creator:
R. Newell (Philadelphia, Pa.) (photographer)
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7039
Title:
Rev. Isaac W. K. Handy.
Description:
Rev. Isaac W.K. Handy in prison camp during Civil War.
Creator:
J. L. Gihon (Philadelphia, Pa.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Handy, Isaac W. K., 1815-1878--Imprisonment.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6908
Title:
Chaplain J. T. Harbert.
Description:
Ready for a "quick" service in the desert, Chaplain J. T. Harbert in "fatigues" (Calif. Desert).
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Camp and Church Activities--Archives., Harbert, Jason T., 1899-
Topics:
Chaplains--California.
Geographic subjects:
California.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5534
Title:
Dr. Edward L. R. Elson.
Description:
Portrait of Dr. Edward L. R. Elson.
Subject names:
Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Portraits.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Chaplains--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5202
Title:
Jeep for altar.
Description:
Using Jeep for church altar, songleader Corporal Johnson, setup of Chaplain J.T. Harbert in California desert.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Camp and Church Activities--Archives., Harbert, Jason T.
Topics:
Altars--California., Jeep automobile., Chaplains--California.
Geographic subjects:
California.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5201
Title:
NCC draft lottery.
Description:
"NCC Draft Lottery" 29-39 GA-Detroit MI Nov. 30-Dec. 4 1969.
Creator:
John Fulton Photo/Art. (photographer)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topics:
Draft., Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Geographic subjects:
Detroit (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4980
Title:
Student addresses the General Assembly of the National Council of Churches in Detroit.
Description:
Attempts to give draft card to NCC: James D. Rubins, 21, a student at Hope College, Holland, Mich., addresses the General Assembly of the National Council of Churches in Detroit. He sought to present his Selective Service card to the delegates, to be held "in trust." Mr. Rubins, a member of the Reformed Church in America, asked the NCC to put "action behind a policy position backing religious obedience and civil disobedience." Assembly delegates voted down Mr. Rubins attempt to surrender his draft card.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Religious News Service., Rubins, James D., Hope College., Reformed Church in America.
Topics:
Draft., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors., Christian college students.
Geographic subjects:
Detroit (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4275

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