World History Encyclopedia · @whencyclopedia
1219 followers · 2290 posts · Server mstdn.socialIn the 17th century, many groups of British Christians rose and fought against religious intolerance and corruption. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2001/william-penns-holy-experiment/ #History #HolyExperiment #Quaker #WilliamPenn
#williampenn #quaker #holyexperiment #History
Erik365 · @erik365
149 followers · 238 posts · Server stranger.socialAlexander Milne Calder wanted William Penn to face south atop #Philadelphia's City Hall, but the Public Buildings Commission decided it would be better to do it stupidly.
https://whyy.org/articles/unpacking-the-phallic-fallacy-atop-philadelphia-city-hall/
#PublicArt #Art #AlexanderMilneCalder #Sculpture #CityHall #WilliamPenn
#philadelphia #publicart #art #alexandermilnecalder #sculpture #cityhall #williampenn
ABC27 News · @abc27
8 followers · 3269 posts · Server social.yorklocal.orgHappy birthday to the OTHER William Penn https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania/today-in-pa-history-the-400th-birthday-of-the-other-william-penn/ #TodayinPa.History #PennsylvaniaNews #DigitalOriginals #HiddenHistory #Pennsylvania #WilliamPenn #TopStories #Community...
#todayinpa #pennsylvanianews #digitaloriginals #hiddenhistory #pennsylvania #williampenn #topstories #community
Mike 👨🏻🌾 · @scrutans
123 followers · 119 posts · Server lingo.lol#today
Heading off shortly to “the best place to live in Wales”, to the Friends’ Meeting there, and to an hour of silence!
‘True silence… is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.’ (William Penn, 1699)
#today #quaker #williampenn #SilentSunday #quakermeeting #silence
Martin Kelley · @martin
205 followers · 244 posts · Server writing.exchangeOne of the oddities of my position is that I often end up fact checking statements about #Quaker #WilliamPenn. So often he's either uniquely wonderful or uniquely terrible. Even in condemnation, there's a well-worn mythos giving him credit for things others were responsible for.