Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-18
wAsurNcTON's CHURCH AT ALEX.

| WAShAhGTOR'S W CHURCH AT ALEX . ANDREA.
 Dear Social Corner Members: After looking around Mount Vernon as long as our time would permit-not seeing all by any rpeans--we thought we would enjoy seeing Christ's church, Alexandria, Va. as George Washington was one of the first vestrymen of this church. v, | and D. lived there ten years ago and had told us about tho cobble stone streets which they did not enjoy passing over in an auto, and that the people had tfien such a reverence for our first president that they could not be induced to tear the stones up. was pleased at the idea of seeing the old historical place. On arriv- ing there last September the former in- habitants were quite surprised to find workmen taking up the cobble stones to be replaced by smoother roads. From observation the place had been un- molested for years. A small building near the cemetery which is beside the church is where you pay 15 cents to pass onto the grounds and tint the church. To some people the old cemetery would have been interesting, but we felt we must spend our time on what interested us the most so passed on into the church, the interior of which is just the same as
 
 ington sat in is preserved as 1t was in his time. There are doors to all the pews now, but the manner of sitting In them has been changed excepting | Washington's, which has seats on three sides, with red cushions on each As you pass in the door to his pew you sit facing the speaker. Then when the singers sang from the rear of the church the people turned around and faced them a hnA @H-- N0 -AAA ing judged. Think the seat opposie the door to the pew must have been used to put their books on ass there was no book rack on the back of this special pew. All others in the church have racks now. | A neighboring pew still retains the name plate of Robert E. Lee.
 | I feel many of our Corner members will recall the time when we used to turn around here in Connetcicutj and show our respect to the singers.
 There are two chandeliers with two rows of candles-the lower row con- taining eight--the row above four and these are suspended from the ceiling and near the pulpit and not quite as low down as the bottom of the gallery, which extends around three sides of the build- ing. 1 wondered how and by whom the candles were cared for. Some work to snuff them out and pick the wicRs ItIle 10 cause better light 'ss s The pulpit Is three sided, reached by going Sup a few steps to the east then four steps to the north which brings you into the speakers place. There is g railing on the side of the stairs for pro tection. The bottom of the pulpit which l as you can judge Is quite high up, i; rounded off and brought down gradual! until 1t ends in what resembles tasse 0 and quite few inches from the floor
 There is only one way into the pulpi and out-no stairs on the opposite side There Is right back of the pulpit on t large window containing forty panes O glass with a narrow window on eacl side with sixteen panes in each. Thes ], windows are square as the windows fl c the lower part of the church are-bu contain only eighteen panes of glass;
 are smaller than those back of the pulpit There are inside blinds at the lower win dows the upper half closed while tn 7 lower half are thrown open. Windows il |. the upper part of the church are rounde z at the top. The whole building look < substantial and is of brick thought o ' the many scenes of various kinds tha i, have taken place within those bFicl {, walls. May be 1t is well they can no talk-some people pass the remark z wish they could" ..
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