| − | '''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> | + | '''Christ Church''' is an [[Episcopal]] Church in Philadelphia, known for the large number of Founding Fathers who attended its congregation during their lifetimes. [[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. | | [[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. |