Record #:

14419

Author(s):

McAfee, Hoyt

Abstract:

When thirteen families of Waldensians came to North Carolina and founded a colony at Valdese in 1893, they decided to retain certain feature of their Old World life. Among the Waldensians of Valdese, there is a fraternal and humanitarian order called \"Le Phare Des Alps.\" An exclusive order, the organization had its birth among the Waldensians of southern France and northern Italy, translated means \"The Eternal Lighthouse of the Alps.\"

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 15 Issue 20, Oct 1947, p11, 18, f

Subject(s):

Valdese--History