Early Moravians wanted to stay out of current events and focus on their spirituality, but that changed when the Continental Army came knocking, says Scott Paul Gordon, English professor and avid researcher of Colonial-postcolonial studies and Moravian history. “The war comes in, and suddenly this place that has nobody but Moravians living here has hundreds of non-Moravians in the Brethren’s House and troops coming through all the time and famous visitors are staying at the Sun Inn,” Gordon said of the Revolutionary War impact on the community.
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