Byron Sunderland - 01/31/1864 Byron Sunderland was born in Shoreham on November 22, 1819. He served 45 years as Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Washington D.C. Sunderland spoke privately about Christian philosophy with Lincoln. He served as Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, and presided over the wedding of President Grover Cleveland at the [...]
AN O R A T I O N DELIVERED AT NEWBURYPORT, ON THE FOURTH DAY OF JULY 1810. By SAMUEL L. KNAPP. “Justum et tenacem propositi virum Non ivium ardor prava jubentium Non vultus instantis tyranny Mente quatit solida.” NEWBURNPORT FROM THE PRESS OF EPHRAIM W. ALLEN. THE Selectmen of Newburyport, in behalf of their [...]
Religious Freedom Day is celebrated in America each year on January 16 -- the date of the 1786 passage of Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. That measure ended the state-established church in Virginia and for the first time placed all denominations on the same legal footing. That act fully protected the right of [...]