Travels in the 2nd half

Central Family Dwelling   The history of Christianity is filled with, well…., interesting sects and divisions. But none more interesting to me than The Shakers. And Kentucky was home to the third largest Shaker community in the United States. The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Coming, known as the Shakers, was founded in the late 1740’s in Manchester, U.K., as an offshoot of Quakerism. They differed from mainstream Quakers in their belief that the spirit of God entered into their physical bodies and was expressed through singing and dancing. The Shakers also believed that all members were equal under God’s eye, and split their leadership equally between men and women. Finally, Shaker Leader Mother Ann Lee claimed to have had a vision that showed her that all sexual relations were sins before god, and so Shakers practiced celibacy Lithograph Purportedly of Mother Ann Lee from The Shaker Experience via Wikicomons In 1774, as they came under both legal and physical att...

  Lexington, Kentucky, is a great city to visit if you enjoy walking. It has many interesting areas to explore, and it is relatively flat. The Historic South Hill neighborhood offers a great walk, and connects downtown Lexington to the University of Kentucky campus. South Hill was developed mostly after the Civil War, and many of the houses there today were built during the late 1800’s. It has been home to many middle-class families including a large African-American population, Today, a lot of the houses have been converted into apartments for students. I walked south along S. Limestone. While some of the houses are beautiful, and some are more work-a-day, they were all well cared for, and pretty to look at. This trip was not a random wandering. I had a goal - the campus of the University of Kentucky. The university was founded in 1865, as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky. Construction of the current campus began in the 1800’s. Like many state schools, it has g...