Philadelphia Navy Yard to visit the Chapel of the 4 Chaplains
Event Date
04/18/2016
Event Time5:30 pm - 7:30 pm;
Location
Philadelphia Union League
140 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
Four U.S. Army Chaplains gave up their life jackets and prayed together when their transport ship, the U.S.A.T Dorchester was torpedoed eighty miles south of Greenland on February 3, 1943. The Chaplains came from different faiths and backgrounds.
John P. Washington was a Catholic Priest from Kearny, New Jersey, Rabbi Alexander D. Goode was a native of York, Pennsylvania. Clark V. Poling was a a minister in the Reformed Church in America at the First Reformed Church in Schenectady, New York. George L. Fox, a decorated World War One veteran, was a Methodist minister in Gilman, Vermont.
The Four Chaplains Memorial Foundation’s vision is to impart the principles of selfless service to humanity without regard to race, creed, ethnicity, or religious beliefs.
The Four Chaplains Memorial Foundation exists to further the cause of “unity without uniformity” by encouraging goodwill and cooperation among all people. The organization achieves its mission by advocating for and honoring people whose deeds symbolize the legacy of the Four Chaplains aboard the U.S.A.T. Dorchester in 1943.
Our April 18th Post Meeting will be a bus tour to the Philadelphia Navy Yard to visit the Chapel of the 4 Chaplains.
The bus will depart from the Union League at 5:30pm and return by 7:30pm. Adult refreshments on board!
Cost is $15 to reimburse the Post.
Please sign up at the NEXT Post Meeting, or e-mail Andy Waskie at: awaski01@temple.edu
Event is open to all – Military and Non-Military
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