Blog

News, events, updates, and tidbits from the Presbyterian Historical Society. Use tags to read related articles or sort by author for similar posts written by PHS staff members and volunteers.

Remembering Mr. Rogers

February 11, 2013

Few individuals have the ability to connect with millions of people, particularly children, in a profound and meaningful way. Reverend Fred McFeely Rogers (1928-2003), aka Mister Rogers, was one such individual. When news broke in February 2003 that Mister Rogers had died, it moved many people to tears.

Beginning in the 1960s, Fred Rogers educated, entertained, and provided a steady and...

Tags:

American History, News and Events, Fred Rogers

First Presbyterian Church, Salt Lake City, Utah

February 1, 2013

First Presbyterian Church, Salt Lake City

With the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, the isolation of Salt Lake City was broken, and the Church of the Latter Day Saints witnessed an ever-increasing non-Mormon population in their city. Sheldon Jackson recruited newly ordained home missionary Josiah Welsh (1841–1876) to

...

Tags:

American History

Martin Luther King Jr. recordings uncovered

January 16, 2013

Martin Luther King in Civil Rights March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963. via National Archives and Records Administration, ARC ID#542014

Several recordings of public appearances by Martin Luther King, Jr. have recently

...

Author:

David S

Tags:

Martin Luther King Jr, American History, Civil Rights

Presbyterians and the American Presidency: Honoring the 57th Presidential Inauguration

January 16, 2013

From the Executive Director...

In 1913, Presbyterian elder Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated President of the United States. The former president of Princeton University and governor of the State of New Jersey came from a long line of Presbyterian ministers and elders.

Presbyterians Grover Cleveland (left) and Benjamin Harrison (right) ran against one

...

Tags:

American History, Presidents

First Presbyterian Church Oxford, Mississippi

January 14, 2013

"Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.” (Deuteronomy 16:19-20).

Lafayette County, Mississippi, came into existence when the land’s Native inhabitants were removed after the Chickasaw Cession of 1834. In July 1836, three men sold a plot of land, “50 acres more or less,” to...

Tags:

Congregations, American History

You are here

Blog

Remembering Mr. Rogers

First Presbyterian Church, Salt Lake City, Utah

Martin Luther King Jr. recordings uncovered

Presbyterians and the American Presidency: Honoring the 57th Presidential Inauguration

First Presbyterian Church Oxford, Mississippi