#OnThisDay in 1657, residents of Flushing (Queens) addressed the #FlushingRemonstrance to Peter Stuyvesant demanding religious freedom in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, articulating the principle of #FreedomOfReligion for the first time in US history:
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The first document calling for #ReligiousFreedom among the Europeans of North America was signed; the #FlushingRemonstrance. Created by non-Quaker English citizens of what would become New York to protest official persecution of Quakers. It called to end a ban on Quaker worship.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1657, in the Dutch colony of #NewAmsterdam, Freedom of Religion was articulated in the #FlushingRemonstrance. The #Dutch were pioneers in religious tolerance, and rooting this principle in the colony that became New York points toward the #FirstAmendment.
This is what I mean. A truly embodied Quaker #spirituality.
#QuakerWalktoWashington #FlushingRemonstrance #religiousfreedom #LoveYourNeighborsNoExceptions
#ImmigrationRights #NoICE
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Northeast Queens has a powerful legacy🗽🏙️🌇Our district helped shape NYC history.
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Historically Speaking: Flushing Remonstrance on display for first time in seven years at New York Public Library. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #FlushingRemonstrance #USFirstAmendment #NewYorkPublicLibrary #NewYorkCityLandmarks #Quakers
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1657, in the Dutch colony of #NewAmsterdam, Freedom of Religion was articulated in the #FlushingRemonstrance. The #Dutch were pioneers in religious tolerance, and rooting this principle in the colony that became New York points toward the #FirstAmendment.
