St. George's Chapel to host Memorial Day service May 27
Historic St. George's Chapel will hold a special Memorial Day service at 10 a.m., Monday, May 27, at 20271 Beaver Dam Road, Harbeson. All are welcome to attend this free event.
The service will include special scripture readings, prayers and music highlighting the solemn patriotic theme of this holiday. The guest speaker will be retired Marine Corps Col. Henry "Buzz" Buse. The Rev. Shelley D. McDade, parish pastor, will also offer remarks.
St. George's Chapel is handicapped accessible, and there is plenty of parking in front of the chapel and in the parish hall parking lot across the road. For more information, email info@allsaintsandstgeorges.org or call 302-227-7202. Directions to the chapel are available on the parish website at allsaintsandstgeorges.org.
St. George's Chapel was founded in 1719 as a mission church to the Church of England's Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. The congregation was absorbed into the Episcopal Church upon its founding in 1789. The present building was constructed five years later in 1794. It is one of the oldest houses of worship in Sussex County and has remained in continuous use for more than two centuries. Many of the original settlers of eastern Sussex County are buried in the cemetery surrounding the chapel. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places, and the chapel interior was restored to its original colonial style in the 1950s.
