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Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims is a church in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City. It was a station of the Underground Railroad, and the pulpit of Henry Ward Beecher, its first pastor. There is a fragment of Plymouth Rock in the church.
The church was named a National Historic Landmark in 1966.,
Today the church is a member of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches.
On the grounds of the church, located at 75 Hicks Street, there is a statue of Beecher by sculptor Gutzon Borglum.
References
External links
- Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (official site)
- Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims site on "Aboard the Underground Railroad", National Park Service tour list
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), at the Lincoln Institute's Mr. Lincoln and New York
Bibliography
- Debby Applegate, The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher (Doubleday, June 2006).
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