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Lafayette at St. George’s, Nov. 1824
In 1824, the Marquis de Lafayette accepted an invitation from the US Congress and President Monroe, an old friend, to visit the US. Leaving France with his son Georges, a valet and Auguste Levasseur, his secretary on July 13, he sailed into NY Harbor on Aug 15. Levasseur would send back countless dispatches to an … Read more
Researching St. George’s History
More and more resources are being found on St. George’s. Here are a few of them organized around 1. Books about St. George’s. 2. Books about Fredericksburg. 3. Libraries 4. Websites/Articles.
Trip Wiggins’ St. George’s Archive List
Trip Wiggins is responsible for cataloging the archives which was in the current youth kitchen. During the renovation our archives were stored in the Heritage Center which we made permanent by loaning them our archives from that period on. We did not deed the archives to them. This is Tripp’s archives report detailing what documents consisted of the archives. We need to provide the related addresses to the Heritage Center listing.
Getting Started in St. George's History - 6 essential resources
Selections from several categories of our history.
McGuire served all 3 churches over the course of 45 years. He is probably the most influential of all our rectors in all phases of ministry from preaching, teaching, and outreach. Trip Wiggins, our archivist, wrote this for a Sunday school class and has been teaching classes for years
6. Tom Faulkner confronts the Vestry on race
Faulkner served St. George's for 30 years from 1946-1976. During these years racial policies were paramount, especially 1954, in the year of Brown vs. Board of Education, Faulkner was challenged by the Vestry on the role of Blacks in our service. He was able to move St. George's toward racial justice that other rectors would further
