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On the recordSeptember 17, 1999
Mr. Speaker, in November 1899, The Reverend Theodore Williams, a recent graduate of the School of Theology at Howard University was inspired by God to establish a mission which was named High Street Baptist Church.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Mount Lebanon Baptist Church.

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