ALL Members - National Congress
October 19, 20, 21, 2023 - Macon, GA
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www.nationalhuguenotsociety.org
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Huguenot Places Around the USA Worth The Visit
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Huguenot Park - Fort Caroline - Jacksonville, FL home to the first Huguenot settlement in the colonies
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Charleston, South Carolina, home to the only active Huguenot congregation in the United States
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Frenchtown, New Jersey, was a Huguenot settling area in the early 1700s.
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The Huguenot neighborhood in New York City's borough of Staten Island, straddling Huguenot Avenue. This was another Huguenot settling area in New York.
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The Manakintown Church serves as a National Huguenot Memorial. It was a town established by the English as town for Huguenots as a settlement but was intended to serve as a barrier between the Native Americans and the settlers who had made their homes in Richmond, VA.
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New Rochelle, New York, named for the city of La Rochelle, a known former Huguenot stronghold in France. This was the main Huguenot settling area and best known in New York.
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In Richmond, Virginia, and the neighboring Chesterfield County, there is a Huguenot Road. Early refugee settlers in the 1630 to 1700 period.
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Walloon Settlers Memorial (located in Battery Park) is a monument given to the City of New York by the Belgian Province of Hainaut in honor of the inspiration of Jessé de Forest in founding New York City. Baron de Cartier de Marchienne, representing the government and Albert I, King of Belgium, presented the monument to Mayor John F. Hylan, for the City of New York 18 May 1924.