Morattico Baptist youth lead Constitution commemoration

The youth at historic Morattico Baptist Church on Sunday, September 16, held a commemoration service honoring Constitution week.

Sponsored by the Cobbs Hall Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution the commemoration included the reading of the preamble to the Constitution and ringing of bells 13 times once for each of the original colonies, reported Cobbs Hall vice regent Jo Ann Fickling.

Morattico Baptist Church constituted on January 17, 1778, and is recognized as the mother church of Baptists in the Northern Neck…