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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:
The Church and Draft Information
Description:
Pamphlet regarding conscientious objection to the Vietnam War. Published by the Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War.
Topics:
Draft--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors., Conscientious objection--United States--20th century., Conscientious objection--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284902
Title:
Presbyterians and the Draft.
Description:
Written by Ralph D. Nyland, chairman of the Draft Counseling Committee at Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church in DeWitt, New York.
Creator:
Nyland, Ralph D. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbyterian Service Committee for Religious Objectors., Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church (De Witt, N.Y.)
Topics:
Draft--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors., Conscientious objection--United States--20th century., Conscientious objection--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284897
Title:
To Be a Conscientious Objector.
Description:
Pamphlet regarding conscientious objection to the Vietnam War. Published by the Presbyterian Service Committee for Religious Objectors.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbyterian Service Committee for Religious Objectors.
Topics:
Draft--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors., Conscientious objection--United States--20th century., Conscientious objection--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284884
Title:
Letter from Gwen Patton Woods to L. William Yolton, February 16, 1970.
Description:
Letter addressed to Rev. L. William Yolton, Secretary of the Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War, written by Gwen Patton Woods of the National Association of Black Students.
Creator:
Patton, Gwendolyn M., 1943- (author), Yolton, L. William (Leroy William), 1930- (addressee)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Emergency Ministry on Conscience and War.
Topics:
Draft--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284880
Title:
The Japanese in our midst, 1943.
Description:
Pamphlet published by the Colorado Council of Churches which questions the morality of holding Japanese Americans in incarceration camps.
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Missions., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., Incarceration camps--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Pacific Coast (U.S.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146359
Title:
The Story of Japanese-American student relocation.
Description:
World Student Service Fund pamphlet which urges young Americans to come to the aid of Japanese American students by supporting the relocation efforts of the WSSF.
Topics:
Asian American students--Pacific Coast., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., Japanese Americans--Missions., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945.
Geographic subjects:
Pacific Coast (U.S.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146354
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:
Chaplain Duffield, 1955.
Description:
Radio play on Revolutionary War service of George Duffield, aired May 16, 1955, produced by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Broadcasting and Film Commission. Side 1: Chaplain Duffield, program 187, for broadcast the week of May 16, 1955. Episodes of the radio series, Let there be light.
Subject names:
Duffield, George, 1732-1790., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Department of Radio and Television., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Broadcasting and Film Commission.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71697
Title:
War, the Unacceptable Solution (1984)
Description:
"The issues of nuclear armament and the arms race in general are studied by looking at the effects of nuclear destruction and the efforts of people throughout the world to seek peace. Some scenes in this program graphically depict the effects of nuclear war and may not be suitable for young children." Includes scenes of Presbyterian Peace Fellowship nuclear freeze march, New York, 1982.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Support Agency. Communications Unit. Video One (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.
Topics:
Peace., Nuclear disarmament., Antinuclear movement.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10183
Title:
Protection from the army.
Description:
John Rodgers protection order.
Subject names:
Rodgers, John, 1727-1811--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5209

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