Category: Retro Flashes

Founded 1817: 1st Jewish Christian fellowship in NYC

by Journey | Jun 21, 2026 | Jews, Jews, Retro Flashes | 0 |

Joseph Samuel Frey. From: A Hebrew, Latin, and English Dictionary. containing all the Hebrew and...

June 16, 1884 The theology of the Coney Island roller coaster

by Journey | Jun 16, 2026 | Coney Island, Education & Science, Retro Flashes | 0 |

Original print, 1884. Among the many innovations to change the city for the better, none was more...

June 15, 1904 Worst maritime disaster in NYC history kills 1000 Lutherans

by Tony Carnes | Jun 15, 2026 | Disasters, Germans, Lower East Side East Village, Protestants, Retro Flashes | 0 |

On June 15, 1904, the General Slocum sank in the East River while carrying the whole congregation...

MAY 17, 1971 — “PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD!” GODSPELL ANNIVERSARY. A Harbinger for 2026?

by Journey | May 17, 2026 | Art & Faith, Movies, videos, Music, Retro Flashes, Theater & Dance | 0 |

50TH Anniversary of NYC premiere of the musical.

MAY 12 — THE “MOSLEM WORLD” PUBLISHED IN 1893, NYC

by Tony Carnes | May 12, 2026 | Mosque City NY Retros, Retro Flashes | 0 |

Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb, before 1916, Publisher. Photo: public domain in the United...

April 19, 1876 The last day of evangelist Dwight L. Moody’s “The Great Campaign” in NYC

by Journey | Apr 19, 2026 | Evangelical Protestants, Retro Flashes | 0 |

This evangelism campaign of Moody swiftly had effects around the world.

YOM KIPPUR STARTS TONIGHT

by Journey | Oct 1, 2025 | Jews, Retro Flashes, Yom Kippur | 0 |

The Yom Kippur service from the first complete Jewish prayer book was translated into English by...

Sept 5 Jack Kerouac’s classic journey “On the Road” published

by Journey | Sep 5, 2025 | Buddhists, Retro Flashes | 0 |

On September 5, 1957, Jack Kerouac’s novel, On the Road, was first published. On the journey, you...

AUGUST 24, 1759 — WILLIAM WILBERFORCE BORN

by Journey | Aug 24, 2025 | Retro Flashes | 0 |

The rediscovery of Wilberforce’s anti-slave victory has inspired a new generation of New...

August 23-24, 1572 French Protestants slaughtered, some flee to New Amsterdam

by Tony Carnes | Aug 23, 2025 | Europeans, Evangelical Protestants, Retro Flashes | 2 |

The “St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre” of Protestants took place in Paris, France. It soon spread...

August 22, 1922 Groundswell of cottage prayer meetings Jamaica, Queens

by Journey | Aug 22, 2025 | Evangelical Protestants, Jamaica, Retro Flashes | 0 |

The same path for the father Caesar, son Roderick, Jr., and grandson Roderick III (not pictured)....

August 19 1991, religion stopped a coup d’état in the USSR

by Tony Carnes | Aug 19, 2025 | Catastrophe theory, HINGE, Retro Flashes | 0 |

Sketch of KGB Headquarters in Moscow, USSR in the summer of 1991. By Tony Carnes A little after...

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