Letter from G. Berndt Chidester, Secretary, The Community House for Soldier and Civilian, to Arthur Gray Jones

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Title

Letter from G. Berndt Chidester, Secretary, The Community House for Soldier and Civilian, to Arthur Gray Jones

Description

The Community House was a recreational club for soldiers stationed in San Antonio. In this letter, they ask Rev. Jones to lead his congregation in singing the first verse of the Star Spangled Banner at the conclusion of each service in June in preparation for San Antonio becoming the first city in the United States with its entire population singing the national anthem together on the fourth of July.

Date

1918-06-18

Publisher

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

Type

Is Part Of

Arthur Gray Jones papers, 1882-1944, Austin Seminary Archives, Wright Learning and Information Center, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Is Referenced By

http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/apts/00051/apts-00051.html

Medium

Paper

Original Format

Letter

Citation

Chidester, G. Berndt, “Letter from G. Berndt Chidester, Secretary, The Community House for Soldier and Civilian, to Arthur Gray Jones,” Austin Seminary Digital Collections, accessed March 29, 2024, https://austinseminarydigital.org/items/show/1044.