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'''Fishtown''' is the center of [[Philadelphia]]'s [[Irish-American]] community. Its borders are someone disputed, but are roughly defined by the Delaware River, Frankford Avenue, and York Street. It is named for its former role as the center of the fishing industry in Philadelphia. |
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The '''Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union''', usually known as '''CICCU''', was the first university Christian Union and is the [[University of Cambridge]]'s most prominent student Christian organisation . It was formed in [[1877]], but can trace its origins back to the formation of the [[Jesus Lane Sunday School]] in 1827 and the [[Cambridge Prayer Union]] in 1848. |
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Originally inhabited by members of the [[Lenni Lenape]] Native American Nation (the Delaware American Indian Tribe), the first [[European]] settlers were inbred [[Britan|British]] shipbuilders. Within a few generations they were vastly outnumbered by [[German]] immigrants, then [[Polish]] immigrants, and then [[Irish]] immigrants. |
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Students in many other universities followed Cambridge's lead in forming their own Christian Unions, beginning with Oxford in [[1879]]. Initially CICCU became part of the [[World Student Christian Federation|Student Christian Movement]], formed in [[1889]]; however, the two organisations clashed in [[1910]], and CICCU left the SCM in order to provide a specifically [[evangelical]] ministry in the University of Cambridge. Again, Oxford and other Unions followed them in this split, and together they founded the Inter Varsity Fellowship of Evangelical Unions (now [[UCCF]], Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UK)) in 1928, which spread to [[Canada]] in the same year and later to the [[USA]]. |
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== External links == |
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==Affiliation== |
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*[http://www.fishtown.us Fishtown.us: A community forum for Fishtowners or those who love Fishtown] |
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*[[Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UK)]] |
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*[http://www.palegacies.org/issues/0202/0202%20feature1.html: An article about Fishtown from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania] |
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*[[International Fellowship of Evangelical Students]] |
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* [http://www.aoh51fishtown.com Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 51 - Fishtown] |
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Revision as of 06:39, 25 April 2005
Fishtown is the center of Philadelphia's Irish-American community. Its borders are someone disputed, but are roughly defined by the Delaware River, Frankford Avenue, and York Street. It is named for its former role as the center of the fishing industry in Philadelphia.
Originally inhabited by members of the Lenni Lenape Native American Nation (the Delaware American Indian Tribe), the first European settlers were inbred British shipbuilders. Within a few generations they were vastly outnumbered by German immigrants, then Polish immigrants, and then Irish immigrants.
External links
- Fishtown.us: A community forum for Fishtowners or those who love Fishtown
- An article about Fishtown from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 51 - Fishtown
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