Image: Iron Letters Old Swedes
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Description: Iron letters attached to the east wall of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church in Wilmington Delaware, which is a National Historical Landmark. The letter go back to the 1698 construction and used to spell in Latin "LUX-L.I. TENEBR ORIENS- EX ALTO" WHICH TRANSLATES TO "Light from on high shines in teh darkness" according to an information sign on-site posted by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Delaware. 7th and Church Sts.
Title: Iron Letters Old Swedes
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Author: Smallbones
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