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Siloam Presbyterian Church Celebrates 175 Years of Ministry, Music and Heritage

Siloam Presbyterian Church, a former Underground Railroad passageway, recently celebrated its 175th Anniversary with a series of concerts held at their Jefferson Avenue location in Brooklyn, New York.  Historically African-American, the church is proud to be known as a major contributor to the life of mankind.

LONG LIVE ‘CONGO SQUARE'

During one sweltering summer day in Brooklyn, a group of musicians formed a circle in Prospect Park to continue a tradition that has been taking place on Sundays for 55 years.


At a space named Congo Square in honor of the antebellum site in New Orleans where former enslaved Africans gathered for cultural expression and entertainment, drummers began to beat on their African styled Congo drums.