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From
Calobe Jackson, Jr., June
10, 2005
June 18,
2005 is the 100 anniversary of the ground breaking for the Monumental
A.M.E. church located at 2nd and Adams Streets in Steelton. Robert
Fields, an ex-slave who is buried at
Midland Cemetery, broke the ground
with a pick. Albert Mobley, a young member, removed the first dirt. One
of the speakers was
W. Justin Carter.
I sent
copies of the newspaper announcement, pictures of W. Justin Carter and a
picture of W.R. Gullins to the church historian. Rev. Gullins pastored
in Milledgeville, Georgia before coming to Steelton. The State Library
has one of his books on film: Heroes of the Virginia Annual
Conference of the AME Church,1899.
Calobe Jackson
Editor's note: Read
another letter about Monumental A.M.E. Church,
from Trina Roach-Raschke.
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