Public Reading of the First Prayer in Congress
Carpenters' Hall 320 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesOn September 7, 1774, Rev. Jacob Duché delivered a rousing invocation/prayer at Carpenters' Hall before the Founding Fathers at the First Continental Congress. Exactly 250 years later, Carpenters' Hall will mark this moment – which set a precedent for prayer in Congress that continues to this day – with a free public reading of the […]