The Unknown Stories of Monumental Church’s First Years February 23, 2012

Intended as a peaceful location where all could gather to remember those lost in an 1811 theater fire, Monumental Church was nonetheless troubled by controversies in its early years. Meredith Henne Baker, author of The Richmond Theater Fire: Early America’s First Great Disaster, addresses disputes that arose over Monumental Church’s first minister (an evangelical New Yorker), the church’s unusual design, urn errors, and which denomination should claim the church for its own. Learn about the establishment of this historic church through the engaging personalities who built it, argued over it, and worshipped inside.

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