Subject: PILGRIM HISTORY From: Cainestown Date: June 01, 2000 I am sending this to many lists so I apologize if you receive this post more than once. laveta found on the Olive Tree site What's Hot This Month One of the last surviving links to Pilgrim history in Holland is about to be sliced, diced and bulldozed for urban development-including an empty square, a shopping center, disco and parking garage. The Pilgrims fled to Amsterdam in 1608 to escape religious persecution in their native England, and moved to Leiden the following year. From 1620 to 1629, the community emigrated to North America on the Mayflower and other ships. At stake are the ruins of the Church of Our Lady (in Dutch, the "Vrouwekerk"). Not only is the Vrouwekerk sacred to the descendants of the Pilgrims, but is also the church from which some of New York City's first families emigrated in 1622. The Church of Our Lady dates from the 14th century; the Huguenots began to worship there in 1584. Huguenot refugees fled in large numbers from France to the Netherlands during periods of anti-Protestant persecution in the 16th and 17th centuries. A petition to express your concerns is available at http://ucc.org/pilgrims. News about the campaign to save the church is available at http://www.delanoye.org/Vrouwenkerk.cfm. "...Peace and blessins' manifest With every lesson learned...."~Erykah Badu, JaBorn Jamal~ Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |