Inspecting damage to Jehovah's Witnesses meeting place

Inspecting damage to Jehovah's Witnesses meeting place

This photograph shows an officer inspecting damage to Kingdom Hall, a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses, in Kennebunk, Maine. The vandalizing and fire to Kingdom Hall took place on June 9, 1940.

The 1930s and 1940s saw a massive discrimination of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the...

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Collection:Philadelphia Record photograph morgue (#V07)
Date:1940-06-11
Folder Number:Folder 446
Format: Electronic
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Photographs
Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/300
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description This photograph shows an officer inspecting damage to Kingdom Hall, a meeting place of Jehovah&#39;s Witnesses, in Kennebunk, Maine. The vandalizing and fire to Kingdom Hall took place on June 9, 1940.<br /> <br /> The 1930s and 1940s saw a massive discrimination of Jehovah&rsquo;s Witnesses in the United States. Stemming from U.S. Supreme Court cases contesting the mandatory flag salute, draft law, and literature distribution, the Jehovah&rsquo;s Witness community was perceived as against the war effort during World War II and anti-American for neglecting to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance. Jehovah&rsquo;s Witnesses were harassed and attacked across the United States, property was destroyed, and boycotts on both ends ensued. Following the end of World War II and the rulings on various Supreme Court cases, the Jehovah&rsquo;s Witness community saw a decline in vigilante violence against them and was able to establish the right to refrain from acts that go against their beliefs.
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