The day George Whitefield preached in Colonial Williamsburg
On George Whitefield’s twenty-fifth birthday, he preached to a packed Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia, on December 16, 1739.
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George Whitefield Canceled due to snow: Colonial Williamsburg
On December 16, 1739, George Whitefield preached at Bruton Parish Church, an event that Colonial Williamsburg reenacts yearly on that very day.
First Great Awakening prepared colonies for Independence
To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical [imaginary] idea. -James Madison
