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The Lutheran Historical Society of the Mid-Atlantic was formed in 1989 as a reorganization of The Historical Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America begun in 1952 and of its predecessor organizations, the first of which was founded in 1843. Read more...

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Rev. Dr. Leander M. Zimmerman

Rev. Dr. Leander M. ZimmermanRev. Dr. Leander M. Zimmerman (1860-1952) Rev. Dr. Leander M. Zimmerman was the founding pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in South Baltimore where he was pastor for 37 years. He was one of Baltimore’s most distinguished clergyman, a poet, and author of many

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