Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)—the famed British theologian, scientist, philosopher, and supporter of the French Revolution—was driven out of Birmingham, England on July 14, 1791.  A few years later, he travelled to the United States and eventually settled in Northumberland County, PA.  A deeply religious man, Priestley often traveled to Philadelphia, where he delivered sermons and encouraged the development of the city’s (and the country’s) first church of this denomination.

 

What church did Joseph Priestley help establish?

 

The man pictured here was a pioneering musician popularly known as the “Father of the Blues.”

 

Can you guess his name?