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Civic Stories: Some Fighting Quakers (National Constitution Center)

  • Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust 320 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA, 19106 United States (map)

This FREE virtual webinar is presented by the National Constitution Center, in partnership with Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust.

The Religious Society of Friends has been known as a pacifist faith - yet throughout time, Quakers have both embraced this belief and broken from it. This talk will highlight Betsy Ross & Samuel Nicholas, two Quakers who joined the branch known as Free Quakers, as well as some of their Quaker contemporaries who remained Loyalist to the cause. How did their faith impact their response to the Revolution?

Presentation by Jennifer Gray, Museum & Education Manager at Arch Street Meeting House.