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- Title
- Philadelphia church a national shrine.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: PHILADELPHIA CHURCH A NATIONAL SHRINE #2060 PHILADELPHIA -- Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) church, the oldest church in Philadelphia, is one of the religious edifices in the Atlantic states chosen as national shrines. This original brick building was dedicated on July 2, 1700, two years after start of construction. It stands on the site of the old Wicaco blockhouse in which services were held by Swedish settlers who had moved up from further down along the Delaware River. One of its early pastors, Andrew Rudman, held a citizenship certificate signed by William Penn, and the document still hangs on one of the church walls. Betsy Ross, traditionally-known designer of the five-pointed start in the U.S. flag, is supposed to have been married in Gloria Dei. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JCD-PHIL-MES-3C-6-W)
- Date Created
- 1946
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Historic sites--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Geographic subjects
- Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Southwark (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. 2060; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_2060
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:358975