************************************************************** In reading about "Gettysburg Brethren Trivia" brought to mind the church namely, Marsh Creek Independent Brethren Church. The outside view of this old church is just beautiful! Several years back, my husband and I sat in this church for worship services. We viewed the old cookers and the old cooking stove made of brick, (in the basement) which were used in their day of preparation for their Lovefeast services. There is an upstairs in this church that was used for sleeping quarters and we were told that the Marsh Creek Church used the entire area, where the sanctuary is now, as a first aid station during the Battle of Gettysburg. They set up cots in rows to care for those who were injured. This church has a lot of history. If anyone gets in that area, it would be worth a trip to stop on a Sunday morning. The services start at 9:30am. They sing from a song book and there are no musical instuments in their worship services. >From the Gettysburg Square in Gettysburg, PA, go west on Rt 30 about 3 miles. Turn left on Knoxlyn Rd. Then about 1 mile, turn left on Black Horse Tavern Road at the creek. The church is on the left. The Brethren Ency. pg. 546-547 speaks of Marsh Creek Independent Brethren Church ************* I lived near there - and didn't even know about it (well, I didn't really know my family history then) - At Antietam, too, the battle centered around the Brethren Church - is said - you could have walked a quarter mile from the church, any direction, just stepping on bodies, and the Brethren families opened their homes as first aid for the injured - there are still stains on the floors. For Gettysburg, from what I vaguely remember, General Meade set up his defense line to protect Washington, from the Brethren Church at Thurmont - to the Brethren Church near Manchester - and only got pulled north to Gettysburg when the battle started there. We almost had a repeat of Antietam. At the time of the 100th Anniversary Re-enactment (1963), I was pastoring the Beaver Dam Church (New Side - Church of the Brethren) - I lived at New Windsor MD. I started to go - Gettysburg was 20 some miles away - I got just a few miles from town, and the road was parked both sides (and this was "back roads", NOT the Highways!) - the farther I went, the more cars there were - I went back home - no way was I going to buck THAT CROWD - even for the Centenial - I don't know how those folks got to the battlefield. Merle ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message