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Built in 1694 and still used as a house of worship, The Meeting House stands as a monument to religious freedom.
Quakers were forbidden to meet for worshipping.
The Flushing Remonstrance, presented to Peter Stuyvesant in 1657, demanded religious freedom for all. It stated that “…do not judge least we be judged neither condemn least we be condemned, but rather let every man stand or fall to his own Master (and) … the law of love, peace, and liberty in the states extend to Jews, Turks, and Egyptians, as they are considered the sons of Adam”
Stuyvesant response was swift and harsh. He arrested and exiled members of the community. The case was taken to Holland and Stuyvesant was rebuked “(they are) … to have and enjoy the liberty of conscience, according to the custom and manner of Holland, without molestation or disturbance”
“The consciences of men at least ought ever to remain free and unshackled”
Nice to think about while walking around Flushing.
Quakers were forbidden to meet for worshipping.
The Flushing Remonstrance, presented to Peter Stuyvesant in 1657, demanded religious freedom for all. It stated that “…do not judge least we be judged neither condemn least we be condemned, but rather let every man stand or fall to his own Master (and) … the law of love, peace, and liberty in the states extend to Jews, Turks, and Egyptians, as they are considered the sons of Adam”
Stuyvesant response was swift and harsh. He arrested and exiled members of the community. The case was taken to Holland and Stuyvesant was rebuked “(they are) … to have and enjoy the liberty of conscience, according to the custom and manner of Holland, without molestation or disturbance”
“The consciences of men at least ought ever to remain free and unshackled”
Nice to think about while walking around Flushing.
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