Found in the Archives: On Baptists and Barbecues
Today, one of my colleagues found the following in an August 10, 1805 entry in the Minutes of the Elkhorn (KY) Association of Baptists (Volume 1) which we have in our manuscript collection.
Quere from Glen’s Creek. Is it right for Baptists to join in an assembly at Barbecues on the 4th of July? Answered No.
I may have some repenting to do 
