From the Archives: Bishop Harry Lee Doll, Part II
Unafraid to publicly defend his ongoing commitment to desegregation, Bishop Doll testified before the Baltimore City Council on January 13, 1966, endorsing an open-housing ordinance.
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Archives and History
From the Archives: Bishop Harry Lee Doll, Part I
November 22, 1963, the day of President John F. Kennedy assassination, is etched in the memory of our nation. But on the same day, the Right Rev. Harry Lee Doll was installed as the tenth diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Maryland, an event perhaps overshadowed by a national tragedy. Born on July 31, 1903 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, the son of Harry Lee and Millicent Doll, the future bishop graduated from Martinsburg High School in 1921.
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Smart Speakers Now Offering Episcopal Prayers
“Whether people are at home or on the go, these options for moving through the daily office will be both useful and inspiring,” said the Rev. Canon Scott Gunn, executive director of Forward Movement. “As a bit of a geek, I’m excited about this marriage of technology and Anglican tradition to equip disciples for daily prayer.”
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From the Archives: Stay Well
Since the dawn of time, human beings have searched for ways to be healthy, avoid illness, find cures, and outwit the unknown. Seasons brought illnesses, epidemics spread by mysterious means, climates produced fevers, and, seemingly, all the forces of intellect could neither fathom causes of scourges nor stem the tide of disease.
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From the Archives: Yellow Fever in Baltimore
The scourge of Yellow Fever descended upon Baltimore numerous times in the past centuries, two of the worst outbreaks occurred in 1794 and 1800. Hardest hit was always Fells Point, where sailors, laborers, tradesmen and their families lived. With a fast-growing population of about 15,000, during the 1794 epidemic, up to 25 Baltimoreans died each day.
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