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Quakers and the American Revolution

  • Yardley Friends Meeting 65 North Main Street Yardley, PA 19067 (map)

Yardley Friends invite you to join them on Sunday, September 28th at 11:30 am when Friend Rick Durham will make a presentation concerning the historical foundations of Quakers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Rick’s presentation will include:

• How George Fox explored early New Jersey and performed a “miracle.”

• How Quakers settled New Jersey as the “Homeland of their Dreams.”

• How William Penn wrote the first New Jersey Constitution.

• How Quakers suffered the persecution of Patriots and Loyalists alike.

• How a Quaker spy saved George Washington.

• How the Peace Testimony of Friends survived.

You can join Friends first for meeting for worship from 10:00 to 11:00am, and then stay for refreshments and the program.

Everyone is welcome!

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