Sacred Places Stories
Historic houses of worship. Spiritual landscapes. Sites of conscience. These are just a few types of sacred places that can evoke powerful responses and stir deep emotion in the people who experience them. Our stories take you from lofty cathedrals to earthen mounds, from wooded paths to rolling battlefields, all in the spirit of contemplation and reflection.
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National Fund for Sacred Places Four Churches, Four Approaches: Creating a Refuge in the Face of a Changing Climate -
Preserving Black Churches Action Fund's Preserving Black Churches Program Awards $13.5 Million in Preservation Funding -
Preservation Magazine Passing the Torch at the Century-Old St. Adalbert Catholic Church in South Bend, Indiana -
National Preservation Awards Built to Last: The Living Legacy of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church -
National Fund for Sacred Places Rooted & Rising: Steeple Restoration at Calvary Baptist Church -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund A Search for Ancestors Sheds New Light on Pierce Chapel African Cemetery -
Preservation Magazine A Church Where Harriet Tubman Once Worshipped is Now Restored -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund 30 Historic Black Churches Receive $8.5M in Grants -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund 6 Sacred Places to Understand the Legacy of the Black Church
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This May, celebrate the historic sites, neighborhoods, and landmarks that tell the full American story—places that remind us of how far we've come and how far we still have to go.
Celebrate!