Serving the community since 1974. First Bank of America. Hanscom and Sons and Sons and Sons Construction. This sense of pride is quite evident in religious circles. Churches proclaim their heritage by displaying walls of plaques or photographs of founders and pastors.
Some church buildings boast their construction date in masonry near the front entrance.
They want people to know they have been around a long time and are considered a reliable source of religious matters. The Children of Israel were notorious for pride in their heritage. They knew the Law of Moses line by line, they dressed a certain way, they prayed a certain way, and they followed Jewish custom and cultural structure to the letter. There was a group of people that displayed this pride in heritage more prominently than any other group did. They were known as the Pharisees.