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Christ Church

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Christ church was very beautiful and the interior was full of pillars and arches. I observed that this church has played a significant role in our nation's birth. This church was found in 18 century as a condition of William Penn's Charter. Its steeple is done by Robert Smith one of the finest earliest architects. Major role of the church that I learned was that 25% of Philadelphia's free and enslaved Africans were baptized, a school was created to educate slaves, and the first black priest, Absalom Jones, was originated. During the Revolutionary Era, Christ Church welcomed the Continental Congresses. Benjamin and Deborah Franklin and Betsy Ross were parishioners. Later, George Washington and John Adams attended services while they were the nation's Chief Executives. Here, the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States was created from the ashes of the Church of England.  Christ Church is a privately managed historic site that is an official component of Independence National Historical Park.

Every year 250,000 tourist visited the church and its Burial Ground, putting it among the ten most frequently visited sites in the Philadelphia region. With seven signers of the Declaration of Independence and five signers of the Constitution buried here, Christ Church is a national shrine, giving inspiration and hope today as it did to the Founding Fathers centuries ago.  Christ Church is historical house and an "authentic site", still doing what it began doing 311 years ago.  It provided me a particular resonance, linking early American lives with the interests of visitors.  Stories about "religious tolerance" and "freedom of religion" have real meaning for visitors sitting in the pews of George Washington, Benjamin Rush and Sally Franklin Bache.  Interpretation at Christ Church increases understanding of our nation's history and its relevance to the present and I would suggest every Philadelphian to go and feel what I felt standing in the footsteps of our Countries history.

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Malissa Mills Reviewed this free essay on Aug:20:2008

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