New York, 1895
On May 29 the Society of Friends will celebrate at Flushing the bi-centennial of the New York yearly meeting. The celebration will be held in the old Quaker meeting house, which has been standing 200 years and is still in excellent preservation.
The selection of Flushing as the place for the celebration is appropriate, considering the fact that there were for a long time more Quakers there than at any other place in the state. As long ago as 1620 Quaker meetings were held in the open air at a spot near the site of the present meeting house.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Monday, July 28, 2008
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