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News from Dr. Jeremy Dupertuis Bangs, Director
Leiden American Pilgrim Museum
The remains of the Church of Our Lady (Vrouwekerk) are threatened with demolition.  The Vrouwekerk was the church of the French-speaking Huguenot community in Leiden.  This community and the Pilgrim Separatist community shared a similar Reformed faith.  Some members of the Pilgrim community worshipped at the Vrouwekerk before their voyage on the Mayflower and there were Huguenots among the Pilgrims in early Plymouth Colony.  The demolition of the remains of the Vrouwekerk, approved by the Leiden City Council, has been stayed due to international publicity and attention.  This stay is only temporary, however, and this historic church, one of the few tangible remains of the Pilgrims' sojourn in the Netherlands, is at grave risk.  If you would like to join the effort to save the Vrouwekerk, please log on to www.ucc.org.  For more information, visit www.vrouwekerk.org .


The Leiden American Pilgrim Museum Foundation is a nonprofit cultural institution.
Museum address : Beschuitsteeg 9, Leiden.
Mailing address : Mandenmakerssteeg 11, 2311 ED Leiden
Telephone [from USA] 001-31-71-5122413
Telephone [in Netherlands]  071-5122413
email address: bangs-flynn@cs.com
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