Francis Street Baptist Church Dinner in Park News Article, 1851
Entry/Object ID
AM2020.2.64
Scope and Content
Francis Street Baptist Church Dinner in Park News Article, May 28, 1851. St. Joseph Gazette. Article related to the Francis Street Baptist Church, a congregation that included blacks, which church sat across from Smith Park (which is now the City Hall & Civic Center Park). Central High School's band was to play. The dinner was held in Smith Park and invited the community to dinner to help pay off the church's indebtedness. Admission fee: 10¢. Photocopy.
