BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:150TH CELEBRATION OF FOUNDING OF REHOBOTH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:169022023-07-07 DTSTART:20230707T203000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20230707T040000Z LOCATION:511 Rehoboth Avenue\nRehoboth Beach Delaware 19971 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=511 Rehoboth Avenue\nRehobo th Beach Delaware 19971;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=511 Rehoboth Avenue:geo: 38.714794,-75.092239 GEO:38.714794;-75.092239 SUMMARY:150TH CELEBRATION OF FOUNDING OF REHOBOTH CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:History will come alive on July 7th at 4:30 p.m. when Reverend Robert\nW. Todd\, the\nfounder of Rehoboth Beach\, will appear at the City ’s Historical\nMuseum. Rev. Todd will tell the\ndramatic story of Rehobo th’s beginning as a Methodist Episcopal Camp\nMeeting venue in 1873\nand how the town grew and became a more secular resort for all\, even\nsinner s\, in eight short\nyears.\nRehoboth native Roger Truitt\, who has portray ed Rev. Todd for the\nHistorical Society for\nthe past nine years\, will a ppear in period costume to welcome\n“campers” in the audience to the\n first camp meeting. He also will explain the early development of\nRehobot h as streets\, a hotel\nand a boardwalk were constructed by the Camp Meeti ng Association and\nthe railroad came to\ntown in 1878.\nA special feature of the July 9 program will be presentations by the\nReverend Charles E.\n Covington\, who pastored Epworth United Methodist Church on Baltimore\nAve nue from 1961-\n1976. Rev. Covington will discuss the last anniversary cel ebration of\nRehoboth’s founding in the\nsummer of 1968 when a tabernacl e was constructed on Rehoboth Avenue\nand church services\nand other event s were held there. He will also relate the interesting\nbuilding program a t\nEpworth\, as well as his involvement with the Miss Delaware pageants\,\ nduring that era.\nSince seating is limited at the Museum\, reservations s hould be made at\nthe museum\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

History will come alive on July 7th at 4:30 p.m. when Reverend Robert W. Todd\, the
\nfounder of Rehoboth Beach\ , will appear at the City&rsquo\;s Historical Museum. Rev. Todd will tell the
\ndramatic story of Rehoboth&rsquo\;s beginning as a Methodist Ep iscopal Camp Meeting venue in 1873
\nand how the town grew and became a more secular resort for all\, even sinners\, in eight short
\nyear s.
\nRehoboth native Roger Truitt\, who has portrayed Rev. Todd for t he Historical Society for
\nthe past nine years\, will appear in peri od costume to welcome &ldquo\;campers&rdquo\; in the audience to the
\nfirst camp meeting. He also will explain the early development of Rehobo th as streets\, a hotel
\nand a boardwalk were constructed by the Cam p Meeting Association and the railroad came to
\ntown in 1878.
\ nA special feature of the July 9 program will be presentations by the Reve rend Charles E.
\nCovington\, who pastored Epworth United Methodist C hurch on Baltimore Avenue from 1961-
\n1976. Rev. Covington will disc uss the last anniversary celebration of Rehoboth&rsquo\;s founding in the< br />\nsummer of 1968 when a tabernacle was constructed on Rehoboth Avenue and church services
\nand other events were held there. He will also relate the interesting building program at
\nEpworth\, as well as hi s involvement with the Miss Delaware pageants\, during that era.
\nSi nce seating is limited at the Museum\, reservations should be made at the museum

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