Bruton Parish Research Paper

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In colonial times the Bruton Parish church has contributed as a hospital in two wars. The two wars that The Bruton Parish was a hospital were the Revolutionary war and the Civil war. The Bruton Parish served a lot of the colonists and the patriots in Williamsburg. It didn’t just help the colonists, but it still helps us today in many different reasons. The Bruton Parish really fits the motto “That the future may learn from the past”. The Bruton Parish has contributed a lot in the Revolutionary and Civil war, so it deserves a minted 2016 commemorative coin. Consequently, the Bruton Parish was the only church in Williamsburg. In the 1700’s when the Revolutionary war was in full pursuit, it was the only church the patriots could go to. The church

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