Dennis Lennox

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  Jun 17, 2018

  48 Hours in the English City of Gloucester

  Gloucester just isn't on the map. Most visitors to this part of England, not far from the border with Wales, instead spend their time in the Cotswolds. They miss out on old pubs, historic buildings and notable churches that line the city's streets.

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  Jun 10, 2018

  On the Pilgrim Trail Across England, 400 Years After the Mayflower, Part 4

  I went on a week-long road trip across England to discover the places the Pilgrims would have known ahead of the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's sailing to the New World in 2020. My last stop, quite fittingly, was Plymouth.

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  Jun 3, 2018

  On the Pilgrim Trail Across England, 400 Years After the Mayflower, Part 3

  Worcester and the surrounding county of Worcestershire are integral parts of the Mayflower story, as the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims departing England aboard the Mayflower approaches in 2020.

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  May 27, 2018

  On the Pilgrim Trail Across England, 400 Years After the Mayflower, Part 2

  I'm in the historic English city of Lincoln ahead of the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims leaving these shores on the Mayflower.

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  May 21, 2018

  Part 1: On the Pilgrim Trail Across England, 400 Years After the Mayflower

  In two years time the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims landing in New England will be celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic. Ahead of this anniversary, I jetsetted to the Old World

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  May 13, 2018

  The Picture-Perfect Little Church in the English Countryside

  Walking from my car toward the ancient church in the small English village of Hales (population 468) I couldn't help thinking that I had found perhaps the most picture-perfect of all the churches I have ever visited.

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  May 6, 2018

  Charging Visitors: Church or Tourist Attraction?

  It's been controversial for years, though many visitors to the famous cathedrals are used to buying a ticket. Now, the trend toward charging admission is spreading to historic parish churches.

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  Apr 29, 2018

  Built Under Wealthy Patronage This Medieval-Inspired Church Is an Unexpected Suburban Discovery

  At first glance you might think this church was in France, at least if you ignored its location facing a somewhat busy artery in the wealthy Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills.

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  Apr 22, 2018

  Inside the Houston Church Barbara Bush Attended and Where Her Funeral Took Place

  Barbara Bush's funeral Saturday put the church she attended in the international spotlight. Bush, the wife and mother of presidents, was a cradle Episcopalian.

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  Apr 16, 2018

  Unusual Today, But Typical for a Church From the 1880s

  Trinity Church in Bay City, Michigan, is similar to other churches of its era. Built between 1885 and 1887, the limestone and sandstone edifice was designed for the Episcopalian congregation by local architect Philip C. Floeter in the then-fashionable style of Gothic Revival. Today, Trinity would be unusual because as the old adage goes, they just don't build them like this anymore.