There’s a 150-year-old monument in Sharon, CT – near the New York border and overgrown by underbrush – serving as the last remaining reminder of a fascinating slice on history. It marks the grave site of a Christian missionary who led an effort in the 1700s to convert Native American Indians to the oldest Protestant religion – the Moravian Church. The land is where one of three regional tribes lived that were targeted by the missionaries. They lived harmoniously with the Native Americans for 15 years, with two dozen Indians converting. The Indians so revered the lead missionary that they buried him on their reservation.
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