History

This article was written by Libby Browne. Have you noticed that we have new kneelers at the communion rail? Nancy Fago and Elaine Markezin noticed not long ago that the old ones, especially the central one which gets moved around a lot, were almost in tatters and needed to be replaced. It was not possible […]

This article was written by parishioner Al Heavens. Charles P. Peitz, whose editing skills and encyclopedic knowledge guided St. Peter’s Church: Faith In Action for 250 Years to publication in 2011, died of lung cancer August 23 in Haddonfield at age 62. I knew Charlie at The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he was fine arts editor

This article was written by parishioner Alan Heavens. George F. Harding didn’t think much of Abraham Lincoln when the renowned Philadelphia patent attorney first met the future president in 1856. In fact, as quoted in Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 2005 book Team of Rivals, Harding said Lincoln was “tall, rawly boned, ungainly back woodsman, with coarse,

We have recently learned from Allan Hasbrouck, a Christ Church member and volunteer in their archives, that George Croghan (1718-1782), who is buried in our churchyard, was a friend and rival of George Washington from the time of the French and Indian War. According to the Mount Vernon website: “George Croghan was a prominent trader,

Along the southeast side of the churchyard there stand four Osage orange trees with an intriguing history and connections to Nicholas Biddle, one of the most historic Americans buried in our yard, very near these trees. In 1803, U.S. President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory which had

In one of the summer’s storms a mighty wind brought a large limb of the red oak tree in the southeast corner of the churchyard, down onto the important tomb of Colonel John Nixon. A table-style grave marker, it broke into hundreds of pieces. The damage is covered by St. Peter’s insurance policy, and the

The St. Peter’s History Committee is pleased to offer insights into the history of our church and churchyard so we learn about the people who came before us and brought us to where we are today. This article was submitted by Libby Browne. In the fall of 2014, I was watching “Finding Your Roots,” the

The St. Peter’s History Committee is pleased to offer insights into the history of our church and churchyard so we learn about the people who came before us and brought us to where we are today. This blog article was submitted by Libby Browne. Last summer St. Peter’s was approached by the Women’s Overseas Service

This article was written by Libby Browne, chair of the Historic St. Peter’s Committee The Vestry and the Board of Historic St. Peter’s Church Preservation (HSPCPC) recently came to an agreement about the role of HSPCPC going forward. This separate 501-c-3 organization which was formed in 1991 to help with fund-raising for preservation projects in