The Smith Memorial Congregational Church, Brickdam, celebrates its 169th anniversary on Sunday, November 18 with a special service at 9 am.
The church was erected in memory of the Rev John Smith, who was accused, among other things, of inciting the East Coast Rising of 1823. Smith, of the London Missionary Society, had been brought to Bethel Chapel on Le Resouvenir Plantation in 1817 to