Yardley Borough’s Gather Place, a a non-profit operating out of the old African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, is getting a hefty $75,000 grant.
Gather Place is one of the 31 historic Black churches chosen this year to receive the award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The grant fuels Yardley’s African Methodist Episcopal Church Legacy’s Generational Voices Project, an initiative to address the impacts of gentrification in Yardley Borough and how it affects African American heritage.
Gather Place Musuem aims to immortalize the historic church’s last surviving members in the early 1900’s through video interview archives.
“The essence of a community lies within its history, and this grant will enable us to ‘Tell the whole story.’
“These stories deserve recognition and preservation, serving as a source of inspiration and a reminder of our roots,” said the Executive Director Shirley Lee Corsey.
Read more about Gather Place and its history on Visit Bucks County.
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