religious freedom

May 3, 2015 0

Flushing Remonstrance Revisited

We received a shout-out from Victoria Sheridan, Edward I. Koch Fellow at the Historic House Trust of New York City: The LatimerNow team would like to congratulate fellow Flushing landmarks the John Bowne House and the Old Quaker Meetinghouse on their future assessment for National Park Service [...]

December 15, 2014 0

Flushing Remonstrance Bill Goes to President

The right to religious freedom in America has its roots in Flushing, and now federal lawmakers want to preserve local buildings, including the John Bowne House, where the struggle for religious freedom took place. Congress passed a bill that would require the federal government to maintain sites [...]