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Posted on 07/24/2017 7:51:09 PM PDT by libsdelendaest
An elderly congregation has lost its battle with the U.S. Army to save Fort Jackson’s landmark Memorial Chapel.
The chapel, built in 1941 and dedicated in 1958 to all the soldiers who trained at Fort Jackson for World War II, is slated for demolition in October. The congregation, which has been worshiping there for decades, will hold its last service in the chapel July 30.
The 30 or so members, led by 92-year-old Kathryn Woodward, whose husband, Arthur, was a World War II veteran, had argued that the chapel was an historic landmark
Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article163191063.html#storylink=cpy
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In other news, a gay bar i New York City is on the list of National Historic Places.
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This is awfully sad.
Shame it wasn’t a mosque, or some sort of transgender outreach center. Then nobody would dare close it.
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How sad!
Looks like a power struggle was also going on.
There was no reason to remove the altar, the baptismal font and other items without informing the congregation. Somebody was being sneaky and didn’t want to get into an argument with the leader of that church. It was disrespectful. Find a mediator to talk to them if you cannot.
In other news, a gay bar in New York City is on the list of National Historic Places.
And our beloved ex President, Zer0, made that same bar a National Monument on the same level as the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Little Bighorn National Battlefield.
They need a good lawyer to fight this abomination at the Chapel.
Couldn’t it be moved to another location? They are saving many historic homes that way.
I went to Mass in that chapel in 1971.
I was stationed at Ft. Jackson from May 1971 until September 1972. I don’t remember ever going to Mass at the chapel. I do remember walking to St. Joseph Church on Devine St. for 5:00 Mass and stopping by Burger King on the way back to the fort. That was back when I could walk a few miles without stopping to catch my breath every few hundred yards.
It’s hard to believe it was 46 years ago.
This is so true. Were you stationed there?
I was supposed to take AIT there but a bunch of us got sent on to Ft Polk instead.
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