PLYMOUTH CHURCH 1847 - 2022, 175 YEARS OF MAKING HISTORY.

To celebrate Plymouth Church’s 175 Anniversary (the Dodransbicentennial year) the History Ministry of the church will explore many of the untold stories showing how Plymouth Church, its ministers, and members have been making history throughout its first 175 years.

Essays and events are also being planned for the months of June through December, 2022, including an exhibit of Nast prints of Beecher; a joint choir concert with Grace Episcopal Church (also celebrating its 175th Anniversary); a movie night featuring Samuel Clemens’ (Mark Twain’s) Innocents Abroad; a road trip to Hartford, CT, to tour the Harriet Beecher Stowe and Samuel Clemens homes; the publication of a book on Plymouth’s Lamb Studio stained-glass windows; a re-creation of the reading by Charles Dickens of his book “Christmas Carol” at Plymouth in 1868; and much more. We will be announcing an expanded calendar of essays and events as the dates are finalized.

Please join us in celebrating Plymouth’s 175 years of making history.

Valerie Louzonis & James Waechter
History Ministry Members
Co-chairs, 175th Anniversary Celebration

1/20/2022 | Essay No. 1 | 175 Years of making history | joseph louzoniS

2/3/2022 | Essay No. 2 | the tale of the girl who became rose ward hunt | Philip Dempsey

2/10/2022 | Essay No. 3 | dr. king’s dream comes to brooklyn | Melissa Collom

2/24/2022 | Essay No. 4 | the fisk university jubilee singers, 1871 | Valerie Velazquez de Louzonis

3/3/2022 | Essay No. 5 | slavery exposed: uncle tom’s cabin | Edith Bartley

3/24/2022 | essay No. 6 | thank you—john arbuckle | James WAEchter

4/7/2022 | essay No. 7 | this happened in my office | Brett Younger

4/24/2022 | Essay No. 8 | Looking to its Past to Prepare for its Future | Valerie Velazquez de Louzonis

5/12/2022 | Essay no. 9 | REUNITED WITH THE “MOTHER CHURCH” | Valerie Velazquez de louzonis

5/12/2022 | essay no. 10 | hillis hall windows | valerie velazquez de louzonis

6/2/2022 | Essay No. 11 | The Return of Rose | Philip Dempsey

10/20/2022 | Essay No. 12 | Rose finds a permanent home at plymouth | Philip Dempsey

12/8/2022 | Essay No. 13 | Charles Dickens Reads at Plymouth Church | Norm Jones