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The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded on 6 June 1844, by George Williams and eleven friends. [4] Williams was a London draper who was typical of the young men drawn to the cities by the Industrial Revolution .
He was influenced by the London YMCA and saw the association as an opportunity to provide a "home away from home" for young sailors on shore leave. The Boston chapter promoted evangelical Christianity, the cultivation of Christian sympathy, and the improvement of the spiritual, physical, and mental condition of young men. By 1853, the Boston ...
The 28th Street YMCA is a historic YMCA building in South Los Angeles, California. It was listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 2006 and put on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The four-story structure was built in 1926 at a cost of $200,000.
YMCA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, listed on the NRHP as "Young Men's Christian Association", is a building in the "Art Deco" style of architecture, designed by Louis E. Jallade and built 1926 to 1928. It has since been converted into condominiums. Y.M.C.A. Armed Forces Building in Philadelphia
The name, Young Men's Christian Association , was settled on at the suggestion of Christopher W Smith, a fellow draper at Hitchcock & Rogers. It promoted Muscular Christianity. One of the earliest converts and contributors to the new association was George's employer, George Hitchcock, who was the organisation's first treasurer.
The inspiration for the Young People's Christian Union can be traced to the founding of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in England. George Williams, after entering the drapery business in 1841, formed a mutual improvement society with fellow workers. The aim of the society was Bible study and support of missionary efforts.
The new Los Angeles County District Attorney is speaking out about the Menendez brothers and the notion that the siblings, who claimed they endured years of sex abuse, didn't get a fair trial.
In 1853, he organized and became first president of a Young Men's Christian Association for Colored in America. In 1861, he assisted in the formation of a Colored Building Association to assist freed slaves in obtaining homes. During the Civil War, Bowen encouraged President Abraham Lincoln to enlist African-American soldiers.