Update: Federal Funds to Refurbish Religious Buildings

May 28, 2003

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/28/national/28CHUR.html?ex=1055132973&ei=1&en=b2f6d6d59dc445a6

On May 28, 2003 The New York Times reported that "in a reversal of a longstanding policy, the Bush administration said yesterday that it would allow federal grants to be used to renovate churches and religious sites that are designated historic landmarks... Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton announced the change in an afternoon news conference at the Old North Church in Boston, where in 1775 Paul Revere spotted two lanterns hung to signal the advance of British troops. Ms. Norton said the church, which still houses a congregation, would receive a federal grant of $317,000 to repair windows and make the building more accessible to the public."