Dennis Lennox

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  May 27, 2018

  On the Pilgrim Trail Across England, 400 Years After the Mayflower, Part 2

  I'm in the historic English city of Lincoln ahead of the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims leaving these shores on the Mayflower.

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  May 21, 2018

  Part 1: On the Pilgrim Trail Across England, 400 Years After the Mayflower

  In two years time the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims landing in New England will be celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic. Ahead of this anniversary, I jetsetted to the Old World

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  May 13, 2018

  The Picture-Perfect Little Church in the English Countryside

  Walking from my car toward the ancient church in the small English village of Hales (population 468) I couldn't help thinking that I had found perhaps the most picture-perfect of all the churches I have ever visited.

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  May 6, 2018

  Charging Visitors: Church or Tourist Attraction?

  It's been controversial for years, though many visitors to the famous cathedrals are used to buying a ticket. Now, the trend toward charging admission is spreading to historic parish churches.

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  Apr 29, 2018

  Built Under Wealthy Patronage This Medieval-Inspired Church Is an Unexpected Suburban Discovery

  At first glance you might think this church was in France, at least if you ignored its location facing a somewhat busy artery in the wealthy Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills.

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  Apr 22, 2018

  Inside the Houston Church Barbara Bush Attended and Where Her Funeral Took Place

  Barbara Bush's funeral Saturday put the church she attended in the international spotlight. Bush, the wife and mother of presidents, was a cradle Episcopalian.

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  Apr 16, 2018

  Unusual Today, But Typical for a Church From the 1880s

  Trinity Church in Bay City, Michigan, is similar to other churches of its era. Built between 1885 and 1887, the limestone and sandstone edifice was designed for the Episcopalian congregation by local architect Philip C. Floeter in the then-fashionable style of Gothic Revival. Today, Trinity would be unusual because as the old adage goes, they just don't build them like this anymore.

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  Apr 8, 2018

  Finding a Delightful and Unusually Named Church on the Road Less Traveled

  Driving the back roads on my way from the quaint Suffolk village of Lavenham to Norwich in the neighboring English county of Norfolk I came across a small and rather unusual countryside church.

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  Mar 25, 2018

  Once Typical of Rural Churches, This South Dakota Church Is the Last of Its Kind

  Rural America is full of old churches. Many are little more than a small wooden structure erected by a long-forgotten congregation dating to when towns and villages formed around lumber camps, railroads and mining developments in the 19th century.

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  Mar 18, 2018

  The Paris Church Connected to a Polish King

  Tucked away within the former abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the upscale Parisian neighborhood of the same name is an elaborate monument that is obviously regal in nature.