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Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition

by | Apr 1, 2004 | Art, Guns and Culture

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After famed arms inventor and manufacturer Samuel Colt passed away in 1862, his widow Elizabeth wanted to build a memorial to him and their three deceased infants. When the congregation outgrew the Episcopalian parish mission in the South Meadows area of Colt’s hometown Hartford, Connecticut, Elizabeth decided that the construction of a new house of God would be a fitting tribute to her late husband, while also providing a place of worship for the workmen at the nearby Colt’s Armory, whic


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