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The topic I chose to write about is Trinity Church. What I am planning to contribute to its Wikipedia is what its role was during the time the American Revolutionary War, its role during slavery and what its purpose was. It was used for burial, so I will focus its graveyard. I will add the political aspects of the Trinity Church, there are reasons why people died and got buried here, all reasons connected to politics.
Bibliography:
[null The encyclopedia of New York City [electronic resource] / edited by Kenneth T. Jackson.]
[null Trinity: Mother of churches; an informal history of Trinity Parish in the city of New York [by] Clifford P. Morehouse.]
Landmarks of the American Revolution: Library of Military History
What is missing from the article:
- Why this place specifically was chosen for the burial of many historic figures such as soliders and leaders during the Revolutionary War.
- The Trinity Church Cemetery page: only really lists out who was buried, to add more political relevance I can look up who some of these people were and talk about why they are significant to politics.
- Needs more body paragraphs and sections that can be:
- Relevance behind the history during that time.
- Why many people were dying.
Famous political figure, Alexander Hamilton, was buried at the Trinity Church cemetery and also his wife was buried at the cemetery. They still rest there together, next to each other. Also, Hamilton's five children were baptised at the church. Albert Gallatin (he served under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison) was buried there, as well as five Revolutionary War generals and Robert Fulton (Development of the steamboat)
Construction of the three buildings of the Trinity Church
The Trinity Church has been to significant to New York City’s history for over three hundred years. The original church was built in 1968 in downtown New York City in Wall Street, specifically facing the Hudson River. It was built because in 1696, members of the Church of England (Anglicans) protested to obtain a “charter granting the church legal status” in New York City. During the Revolutionary War, the first Trinity Church was taken apart and destroyed because of the Great Fire in 1776.
Due to the face that there was no physical Trinity Church, St. Paul’s Chapel was then used during the time that the second Trinity Church was being built. This time, the second Trinity Church was built facing Wall Street and was longer, wider and two hundred feet tall. Building the church to be bigger was beneficial because the population of New York City was now expanding. In 1838, the church physically began to weaken, therefore it was recommended to take down the entire church and build a new one instead of just rebuild what was wrong because of how bad the conditions were. Second Trinity Church was politically significant because President Washington and members of his government often worshiped this church. Additional parishioners were John Jay and Alexander Hamilton.
This new church, the Third Trinity Church was built in 1846 and is considered the first and finest example of Neo-Gothic architecture in America. It was also once considered the tallest building in New York City, with a two hundred and eighty-one-foot height. This church still stands in downtown Manhattan today, specifically Wall Street.
History Never Died
Trinity church has a sign on the main entrance door that acknowledges the fire that burned down the first church. "TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH FIRST LOG CHURCH OF THE PALATINES BUILT 1729…BURNED BY THE TORIES AND INDIANS OCT. 19, 1780 PRESENT CHURCH DEDICATED JULY 1, 1792" This shows how the Trinity Church have changed, and how the history is why the Church looks the way it does today.