Red River Presbyterian Meetinghouse Site and Cemetery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Red River Presbyterian Meetinghouse Site and Cemetery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Red River Meeting House was the site of the first religious camp meeting in the United States. Held June 13–17, 1800, it marked the start of the Second Great Awakening, a major religious movement in the United States in the first part of the nineteenth century.Red River Meeting House, accessed September 25, 2006Wright, Nancy, Pearce Memorial United Methodist Church, accessed February 2, 2007 The meeting was organized by the Presbyterian minister James McGready (also spelled M'Gready) in Logan County, Kentucky, and several preachers took part. Read more on Wikipedia
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