June 9, 1975

Official Bicentennial Observance Begins in New York City

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Diocesan Press Service

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Standing on the curb outside St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel in New York City during the launching of the city's observance of the nation's bicentennial are, left to right, Archbishop lakovos, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America; Rabbi I. Usher Kirschblum, New York Board of Rabbis; Mayor Abraham Beame; Suffragan Bishop J. Stuart Wetmore of the Episcopal Diocese of New York; Terence Cardinal Cooke, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York; Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, Armenian Church of America. At the far right is the Rev. Canon Edward West, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. (Photo Credit: Ray Ellis.)