Showing posts with label History 1760s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History 1760s. Show all posts

Friday, May 29, 2015

December 11, 2014: William Winchester embraced opportunity by Dean Minnich

December 11, 2014: Winchester embraced opportunity by Dean Minnich



William Winchester founded Westminster 250 years ago, and the city celebrated by bringing him back to life.

Well, sort of.

Dean Camlin, architect, portrays Winchester in an ongoing series of public appearances during this observance, and the most recent sighting was at a tea hosted Sunday at the Westminster Library by the Historical Society, Genealogical Society, and others.


Camlin showed up in the clothing of 1764…

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The website, with a lot of input by Kevin Dayhoff, and other writings by Catherine Baty, Anne and George Horvath, Mary Ann Ashcroft and others give us a glimpse of how Westminster's story – and William Winchester's – is one of a people separating themselves from one culture and recreating themselves and the world in which they would live.



Dean Minnich was a Navy photojournalist during the Viet Nam war and has worked as a reporter, photographer, feature writer, and manager in news operations for daily and weekly newspapers in Maryland and Pennsylvania. His columns have earned multiple awards from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists, Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association and others. http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/columnists/cct-dean-minnich-20140603,0,2860695,bio.columnist

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Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
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E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com

My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Saturday, August 2, 2014

Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Westminster!


Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Westminster!


Westminster was founded in 1764 by William Winchester (1711 – 1790) of England. This year, we celebrate the 250th anniversary, or sestercentennial, of our great City’s founding with many wonderful events. See more: http://www.scribd.com/doc/235698509/Celebrate-the-250th-Anniversary-of-Westminster

A Storied History

Watch an historical presentation on the City of Westminster, presented by Kevin Dayhoff (Mayor, 2001 - 2005) by clicking here (YouTube video).


You're invited!

See information about the Sestercentennial Block Party below.

250 Years and Counting Contest

We’re counting on you! As part of Westminster’s 250th Anniversary celebration, the City of Westminster Recreation & Parks is sponsoring the “250 Years & Counting” Contest. Click here for more information!

See also: Tour of Westminster trees taps roots of city's history [Column] http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0803-20140730,0,6529042.story

History, 250 Sestercentennial, Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland,


Celebrating 250-years of Westminster MD history Historical Society of Carroll County MD Box Lunch Talk by former Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff JULY 8, 2014

Celebrating 250-years of Westminster MD history

TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2014 Historical Society of Carroll County MD Box Lunch Talk: William Winchester founded the city of Westminster MD 250 years ago in 1764 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ZJszwlbyA&list=UU3II1CrxPqubFKXY6D8p7WQ



Westminster was founded in 1764 by William Winchester (1711 – 1790) of England. This year, we celebrate the 250th anniversary, or sestercentennial, of our great City’s founding with many wonderful events. http://westminstermd.gov/369/Celebrate-250-Years

A Storied History - Watch an historical presentation on the City of Westminster, presented by Kevin Dayhoff (Mayor, 2001 - 2005) by clicking here (YouTube video.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ZJszwlbyA&list=UU3II1CrxPqubFKXY6D8p7WQ

In 1764 William Winchester developed a plan to sell forty-five lots along “King Street” on a sixteen-acre portion of the northern end of “White’s level” on the main road to Baltimore Town. The “piece of ground” was to be called “Westminster.” Come celebrate the 250th anniversary of Westminster with local Baltimore Sun history writer Kevin Dayhoff as he traces the storied history of Westminster, the Carroll County seat of government.

The Box Lunch Talk (BLT) program attracts scores of local history enthusiasts every month! These hour-long events – easily our most popular – begin promptly at Noon on the second Tuesday of every month in Grace Hall, Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. http://gracelc.org/

Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Carroll Street.

Past topics include The Wines of Central Maryland, Past Present & Future; “Historic Barns of Carroll County;” and “Where is Grandma Hiding?” which showed guests how to explore their genealogy.

Participating is inexpensive and easy! Guests bring their lunch and enjoy a small selection of beverages and dessert. Admission is $5 for members and $10 for non-members.

To see our current BLT schedule, pick up a copy of our newsletter The Courier, check out our calendar online, or give us a call at 410-848-6494. Programs are subject to change without prior notice.

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Noon-1 p.m., in Grace Hall at the historic Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street in Westminster. Lunch is not available for purchase; participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. Beverages and dessert are provided. Admission is $2.00 for Historical Society of Carroll County members and $5.00 for non-members.


#History, #CarrollCounty, Maryland, Westminster MD, Grace Lutheran Church, historian Kevin E. Dayhoff, #Westminster250
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My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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Thursday, December 5, 2013

May 5, 1991 Baltimore Sun: Carroll Is Remembered As The Cradle Of Methodism

May 5, 1991 Baltimore Sun: Carroll Is Remembered As The Cradle Of Methodism

Carroll Is Remembered As The Cradle Of Methodism


May 05, 1991

Although members of many religions organized churches in Carroll, and congregations of all varieties continue to meet, the county is remembered as the cradle of American Methodism.

Robert Strawbridge, an Irish-born farmer turned preacher, was the first man to preach Wesleyan Methodism in America.

Converted to the faith in his home community of Drumsna, in County Leitrim, he began his ministry in Ireland. But, in about 1760, he and his wife, Elizabeth, emigrated to the United States, where he settled on Sam's Creek, in Frederick County.

Shortly after his arrival, he began preaching to his neighbors in his home, which he later purchased along with 50 acres from John England for 50 pounds. The home was declared a shrine in 1940 by the General Conference of the Methodist Church. As soon as Strawbridge had established himself as a farmer-preacher, he began expanding his ministry to include Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Strawbridge's ministry included many firsts. He organized the first Methodist meeting in America, in about 1763.The first Methodist meeting house in America, a log building, was built 1764 in a large field near the tributaries of Sam's Creek and Pipe Creek. The original building was eventually destroyed, and a replica of it was erected at the Strawbridge Shrine near New Windsor.


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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net

Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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Monday, September 16, 2013

Westminster Maryland Online: September 25, 2005 - Lutheran congregation at church founded in 1765 votes to dissolve

Westminster Maryland Online: Lutheran congregation at church founded in 1765 vo...: Lutheran congregation at church founded in 1765 votes to dissolve By Diane Reynolds, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 05, 2005 ...

Lutheran congregation at church founded in 1765 votes to dissolve

By Diane Reynolds, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 05, 2005

On Sunday, Sept. 25, Bishop H. Gerard Knoche of the Delaware-Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America had preached the church's final sermon.

A synod is a regional group of ELCA churches

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The county lost a little piece of local history with the church's closing.

In the 1700s, building churches was so expensive for small congregations that many Reformed (now United Church of Christ) and Lutheran churches in the area pooled resources to build structures that both congregations shared.

Emmanuel Baust Lutheran was part of the union church movement, sharing space with Emmanuel Baust United Church of Christ.

Because German immigrants often established both Reformed and Lutheran churches, shared language and culture helped the joint ventures succeed.

At one time, more than 200 union churches ran from Reading, Pa., into northern Maryland.
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Religion Lutheran, Religion Lutheran DE-MD Synod, Religion, Carroll Co history, History 1760s, Religion Grace Lutheran Church, Carroll Co history German
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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net

Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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Thursday, October 6, 2005

Lutheran congregation at church founded in 1765 votes to dissolve

Lutheran congregation at church founded in 1765 votes to dissolve

By Diane Reynolds, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 05, 2005

On Sunday, Sept. 25, Bishop H. Gerard Knoche of the Delaware-Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America had preached the church's final sermon.

A synod is a regional group of ELCA churches

[…]

The county lost a little piece of local history with the church's closing.

In the 1700s, building churches was so expensive for small congregations that many Reformed (now United Church of Christ) and Lutheran churches in the area pooled resources to build structures that both congregations shared.

Emmanuel Baust Lutheran was part of the union church movement, sharing space with Emmanuel Baust United Church of Christ.

Because German immigrants often established both Reformed and Lutheran churches, shared language and culture helped the joint ventures succeed.

At one time, more than 200 union churches ran from Reading, Pa., into northern Maryland.
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Religion Lutheran, Religion Lutheran DE-MD Synod, Religion, Carroll Co history, History 1760s, Religion Grace Lutheran Church, Carroll Co history German
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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net

Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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