Bruton Parish Church Analysis

There are many important landmarks from colonial times that are important for current and future learning and involvement. Many of which have a strong connection to the Colonial Williamsburg foundation’s mission statement: “That the future may learn from the past”. The significance during colonial times is great in all these buildings and they have deep value to citizens today. These buildings, the Capitol building, the Governor's Palace and the Magazine, do have a considerable amount of value, but they did not have the characteristics necessary for a commemorative coin. As a result of the Bruton Parish church having many valued characteristics, and is the most important, it should be the building honored with a commemorative coin.

The Bruton Parish Church has very deep historical significance. Firstly it was the first Anglican church built in 1660. Many patriots attended some being Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, George Mason and many others. If you didn’t go to church then you were fined and didn’t have a strong faith. Also news was reported at
the church so the only other means of getting news was the paper but, the newspaper can sometimes have a biased opinion on topics. It was also the burial place of a well loved general, governor Francis Fauquier. The church served as a hospital and storehouse during two different wars. It served housing for debates and meetings. The church itself is just a building but what goes on in the church was way more than that. The magazine was just a building that stored guns. It was not built for important ceremonies or other thing such as that. Yes, people honored that building but the significance isn’t great. Same goes for the governor's palace. It was the home to a govern that's it. And part of the time the governor wasn’t following the decisions for the common benefit.

From wall to wall, pue to pue the church is overflowing with value. Today the still serving 3 century old parish is mainly valued because people go to church to worship, but that is not the only reason. People can visit the church to learn facts about the history. There aren't just weekly sunday masses. There are festivals that take place there. For example candlelight concert and historical organ playing.There is a large black oriental ball on the steeple. Looking at this ball from the ground it is easily visible and appears to be recycled mortar, but It actually landed there accidentally from an unexpected shooting during the civil war. Any man's finest hour is when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted in the field of battle… victorious.
The men and women of colonial times did this and the buildings in williamsburg show us this to. With this we are learn from the past. The founding mission statement of colonial williamsburg states it best: That the future may learn from the past. The bruton parish church is the building that has the most connection to this statement. The people that attend the weekly sunday mass are learning the same lessons there today as they would there 300 years ago. People have been going to the church and worshiping there. They have taught us everything we need to not and now all we need to do is expand our faith by going to the Bruton Parish church or any church.They find their path to god there.They get a sense of community there as well as a connection with
God.