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David Tannenburg, born in Germany in 1728, is considered the foremost North American organ builder of the 18th century. The organ he built for the Moravians, called the Great Organ, was installed in the home Moravian Church in Salem in 1800. This organ, silent for the past 100 years, has been restored. Of the 644 original pipes, 628 were located and used in the restoration.
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The first love feast North Carolina was held in November 1753 in the historic Moravian settlement in Forsyth County. Since then, this communal celebration has become standard holiday fare for many churches across the state. Duncan discusses what distinguishes a Moravian-style Christmas love feast from candlelight Christmas Eve services of other denominations.
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Lord Granville, wealthy land owner in the North Carolina Colony, attempted to augment the population of the region by recruiting Moravian settlers. In response, August Gottlieb Spangenberg, also known as Brother Joseph, departed Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on 25 August 1752, accompanied by five men, in search of a new settlement area in North Carolina. Returning to Bethlehem on 2 February 1753, Spangenberg was successful, having located an unclaimed tract of land encompassing approximately 100,000 acres, outside of Muddy Creek.
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The Moravians took the lead in the first celebration of the Fourth of July, and it was a day of genuine thanksgiving for them. The Gemein House (Congregation House) in Salem, erected in 1770, was the location of the first Fourth of July Celebration in North Carolina.
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At the end of 1776, Bethabara and Bethania housed a large portion of the Moravian brethren, with Salem set to stand as the new community by 1773. The new town became the center of the Wachovia settlement, attracting professional men such as a doctor, apothecary, and surveyor. Salem soon became a craft and manufacturing center, offering a full slate of services including weaving, tanning, and distilling. Salem was founded on the Moravian principle of oecononie, whereby the means of production were owned by the community, and the goods they produced were shared in kind
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At the end of 1776, Bethabara and Bethania housed a large portion of the Moravian brethren, with Salem set to stand as the new community by 1773. The new town became the center of the Wachovia settlement, attracting professional men such as a doctor, apothecary, and surveyor. Salem soon became a craft and manufacturing center, offering a full slate of services including weaving, tanning, and distilling. Salem was founded on the Moravian principle of oecononie, whereby the means of production were owned by the community, and the goods they produced were shared in kind.
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Bethabara’s community center isn’t a historic building, but a garden that has played a role in the community’s history for over 250 years. Started by the Moravians who founded Bethabara, a community in Winston-Salem, this garden is cited as the only known, well-documented Colonial garden in the United States. Its continuing significance is evident in recent efforts by groups such as archaeologists and Garden Club Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County to re-establish its original design and restore it to its intended purpose.
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Here are some interesting facts about the Moravians including the first church bell in Salem, the introduction of cowpox as a preventative against smallpox, and the first celebration of the Fourth of July.
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In an 1822 effort to segregate their congregation, Moravian Church officials in Salem, North Carolina, established a separate nondenominational black Christian church. White parishioners established the black church as a way to maintain cultural control, but they also feared large gatherings of blacks and were afraid the church would provide a nest to incite slave rebellions. The services were under the direction of Moravian minister Abraham Gottlieb Steiner, but blacks often led services and attended Methodist camp meetings. The segregated church provided members with a unique semblance of family and community.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 71 Issue 4, Oct 1994,
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Two hundred years ago, Moravian settlers visualized a community hard-working, prosperous, religious, and unified. Sharpe details the history, geography, industry, and culture of Forsythe County.
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Indian troubles obliged Moravians in North Carolina to live close to each other in a village for mutual protection, continuing a communal economy far longer than at first intended. Overcrowded by refugees, the original settlement in Bethabara expanded to a second location in the Black Walnut Bottoms. In 1749, the British Parliament specifically recognized the Moravians as an honorable Episcopal Church, allowing them to continue their lives within the framework of the Anglican Church.
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In the winter of 1753, the Moravian church in Pennsylvania sent twelve young men to the Piedmont section of North Carolina to start a settlement which they called Bethabara. This village gave way in the 1760s to the newer town of Salem. Several of Bethabara's original buildings and stone foundations remain. Today the state's first Moravian settlement is a historic site and city park.
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Miss Ella Butler of the Moravian settlement of Old Salem is making candles, a definite harbinger of Christmas. For about two months before Christmas, Miss Ella busies herself with her annual task of making by hand, in exactly the same holds and in the same manner as they were made in 1766, the more than 10,000 candles used for the Moravian Christmas Love Feast observed by all the churches of the Southern Moravian Province comprising North Carolina and Virginia.
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This article discusses the Moravian Church and the settlement of Forsyth County, North Carolina by some members of the church in 1752. The article also examines Governor Tryon's visits to the Moravian settlement in 1767 and 1771 as well as the founding of the Salem Academy and College.
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Griffin discusses the restoration project being carried out at the Moravian village known as Old Salem. Moravians founded the town in 1766 and unlike many early American towns it was a planned community.
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