Aiken Artist Louise Yap Blends China Life With Art
Louise Weda Yap, born in Pennsylvania, became a prolific illustrator of children's books and a painter inspired by six years in China. She later converted to Catholicism, lectured on the silk stocking boycott, and now resides in Aiken with plans to publish memoirs.
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Louise Weda Yap
Yap
Mrs. Yap
New England
Bar Harbor
China
Aiken Artists Guild
Lambert
States
Japan
Aiken
Gin Sui Geenaah
Lynne Katonak
Church Blessing of the American Revolution Faces Scrutiny
The article traces how clergy across the colonies aided and supported the war for independence, rallying congregations with sermons and actions from Muhlenberg in Virginia to ministers in Vermont New Jersey and Massachusetts. It notes most churches backed the revolution though some clergy and laity opposed war, and cites leaders like Monroe and Carroll as examples of Protestant support and Catholic alignment.
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Muhlenberg
Massachusetts
New Jersey
James Caldwell
Isaac Watts
Watts
Boston
Old South Church
Old North Church
Patrick Henry
Eee
Jefferson
Franklin
Middle Colonies
America
Charles Carroll
Religious liberty, slavery limits, and faith in revolution
The text notes early Jewish and Black participation in the American Revolution, cites John Carroll as a leading Catholic figure, and recounts Washington's chaplaincy order and Valley Forge prayer, highlighting religion's role in morale and liberty debates.
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Washington
Continental Congress
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By Lynne Katonak
George W. Cornell
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Peter Muhlenberg
Lexington
Mass
Jonas Clark
Sam Adams
John Hancock
Clark
James Monroe
South Carolina
Richard Furman
Furman
Britain
Lord Cornwallis
Peter Oliver
Oliver
Connecticut
George Washington
Charles Forcey
John Milton
John Locke
England
Thomas Paine
God
Edmund Burke
Abraham
Aiken County
Colonies
John Carroll
Benjamin Franklin
Baltimore
United States
Charleston
S.C
New
New York
Newport
R. C
Haym Salamon
Sons of Liberty
Crispus Attucks
Bunker Hill
Rhode Island
Valley Forge
Acousti—Care, Inc
Sevenneh Hwy
Charleston, S.C
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