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Rebuilding One of The Nation’s Oldest Black Churches Begins at Juneteenth Ceremony

By Ben Finley, Associated Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia, started Thursday with a ceremonial groundbreaking. The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg officially established itself in 1776, although parishioners met before then in […]

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