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Upon her death in 2003, Kroc bequeathed $1.5 billion (equivalent to $3 billion in 2023) to The Salvation Army solely for the purpose of establishing centers of opportunity, education, recreation and inspiration throughout the United States to be known as "Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers".
The community was named after Belfast, Northern Ireland, the native land of a share of the first settlers. A post office called Belfast was established in 1840, and remained in operation until 1907. [2] Besides the post office, Belfast had a country store. [3] Its current mailing address for the area is for Goshen, Ohio 45122.
Belfast was founded in 1834, and named after Belfast, in Northern Ireland. [2] The post office was first established under the name Bell [2] in 1845, the name was changed to Belfast in 1910, and the post office closed in 1944. [3]
Ohio members of the Grand Army of the Republic took up that challenge, and, through a donation of 100 acres by a Xenia farmer, created the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. This institution was the predecessor of the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home. In 1870, the State of Ohio assumed control of the home.
Operated by The Salvation Army, CBH has been serving battered women and their children since 1976. Catherine Booth Child Development Center is a preschool located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Statues of each of the Booths by George Edward Wade were erected on Champion Hill, next to the Salvation Army's training college in London in 1929. [11] [12]
The International Headquarters of the Salvation Army (IHQ) is located in London at 101 Queen Victoria Street. It is six stories tall and has 34,861 square feet of office space. [1] The current IHQ building is the third to have been built on the site, which has been used by the Salvation Army for its headquarters since 1881
Hattersley, Roy (1999), Blood and Fire: William and Catherine Booth and the Salvation Army, Little Brown, ISBN 0-316-85161-2; Railton, George Scott (1912), The Authoritative Life of General William Booth, George H. Doran; Sandall, Robert (1947), The History of the Salvation Army Vol.1 1865–78, Thomas Nelson
Belfast is a former town in Licking County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1] History. By 1917, Belfast was described as "virtually extinct". [2] References This ...