BRUTON PARISH CHURCH 



Photograph by H. C. Mann 

 WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 



Bruton Parish Church was built in 1710 and is the oldest church in continuous use in 

 the United States. It was more intimately associated with colonial history than any other 

 building in Virginia. Five Presidents of the United States — Washington, Jefferson, Madison, 

 Monroe, and Tyler — worshipped here, as did also all of the colonial governors and the 

 members of the House of Burgesses for three-quarters of a century. Among its interesting 

 relics are the Jamestown baptismal font and communion service. 



Ham Curtis declared that "the Danube 

 has in part glimpses of such grandeur, 

 the Elbe sometimes has such delicately- 

 penciled effects, but no European river is 

 so lordly in its bearing, none flows in such 

 state to the sea. Of all our rivers that I 

 know, the Hudson, with its grandeur, has 

 the most exquisite episodes ; its morning 

 and evening reaches are like the lakes of 

 a dream." 



The trip from New York up the Hud- 

 son is one of rare delight, whatever the 

 season, for between the magnificent 

 country estates and the history and leg- 

 ends of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, 

 of West Point and the Catskills, there is 

 romance and entertainment in every mile. 

 But when autumn comes, and the trees 



reach their unanimous verdict that the 

 colors of the rainbow should be matched 

 by the colors of their foliage, the traveler 

 upon its waters might well "doubt if 

 Eden were more fair." 



The Adirondack region, stretching from 

 Canada down almost to the Mohawk Val- 

 ley and from Lake Champlain to the St. 

 Lawrence River, will ever claim the loyal 

 admiration of the tens of thousands who 

 visit it. The beauty of its intricate chain 

 of lakes, the solitudes of its deep wilder- 

 ness, and the magic of its flaming chasms 

 linger in the minds of all who have wan- 

 dered there. 



Upon the southeastern border of these 

 mountains lies Lake George, a gem in a 

 setting: of mountains. The Italian thinks 



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