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'''Christ Church''' is an [[Episcopal]] Church in Philadelphia, known for the large number of Founding Fathers who attended its congregation during its lifetime. [[Jacob Duché]] was a reverend at Christ Church.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cckbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA360 The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 1]</ref>
[[George Washington]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Robert Morris]], [[John Penn]], [[Benjamin Rush]], [[John Adams]], and [[George Ross]]. One Founder, [[Francis Hopkinson]], was known to play the organ during service.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fHZFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR49 American Organ Quarterly, Volume 2]</ref> The church maintains bronze plaques on many of the pews where these Founders came to worship: Morris sat in pew 52; Washington sat in pew 56; Penn sat in pew 60; Hopkinson sat in pew 65.
Additionally, Several Founding Fathers are buried on the grounds of Christ Church. The already mentioned Franklin, Ross, Hopkinson, Rush, Hewes, as well as William Jackson. On the Church's North Garden grounds, Founding Fathers [[Robert Morris]], [[James Wilson]], [[Pierce Butler]], and [[Jacob Broom]] were laid to rest.<ref>[http://www.christchurchphila.org/notable-burials/ Christ Church]</ref>
Christ Church is home to the renowned "'''Patriots Window'''".<ref>[http://www.christianheritagemins.org/articles/without_a_prayer.htm]</ref>
==See also==
* [[Continental Congress]]
==References==
{{reflist|1}}
==External links==
* [http://teachingamericanhistory.org/static/convention/map/christchurch.html Christ Church (2nd & Arch/Market Streets)]
* [http://www.christianheritagemins.org/articles/The%20Religion%20of%20the%20American%20Founding%20Fathers%20-%20Christ%20Church,%20Philadelphia.pdf The Religion of America’s Founding Fathers - Christ Church, "the nation’s church," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.]
[[George Washington]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Robert Morris]], [[John Penn]], [[Benjamin Rush]], [[John Adams]], and [[George Ross]]. One Founder, [[Francis Hopkinson]], was known to play the organ during service.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fHZFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR49 American Organ Quarterly, Volume 2]</ref> The church maintains bronze plaques on many of the pews where these Founders came to worship: Morris sat in pew 52; Washington sat in pew 56; Penn sat in pew 60; Hopkinson sat in pew 65.
Additionally, Several Founding Fathers are buried on the grounds of Christ Church. The already mentioned Franklin, Ross, Hopkinson, Rush, Hewes, as well as William Jackson. On the Church's North Garden grounds, Founding Fathers [[Robert Morris]], [[James Wilson]], [[Pierce Butler]], and [[Jacob Broom]] were laid to rest.<ref>[http://www.christchurchphila.org/notable-burials/ Christ Church]</ref>
Christ Church is home to the renowned "'''Patriots Window'''".<ref>[http://www.christianheritagemins.org/articles/without_a_prayer.htm]</ref>
==See also==
* [[Continental Congress]]
==References==
{{reflist|1}}
==External links==
* [http://teachingamericanhistory.org/static/convention/map/christchurch.html Christ Church (2nd & Arch/Market Streets)]
* [http://www.christianheritagemins.org/articles/The%20Religion%20of%20the%20American%20Founding%20Fathers%20-%20Christ%20Church,%20Philadelphia.pdf The Religion of America’s Founding Fathers - Christ Church, "the nation’s church," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.]