By Melissa Nann Burke
Representatives of the three-county Presbytery of Donegal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will read a statement that says in part, "We now, the Presbyterians of today, mourn for the acts done by our sisters and brothers in the faith."
The statement, which asks for the Indians' forgiveness, is part of a larger initiative involving public officials and leaders of the Quaker and Mennonite denominations, who will also acknowledge "wrongs" committed against native groups that once thrived in the region.
The apology coincides with Lancaster County's celebrating 300 years since Europeans settled the area.
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WE'RE SORRY
Ceremony acknowledges centuries of mistreatment of Native Americans
Mennonites, Amish, Quakers, Presbyterians and government officials all laid down the stones of their misdeeds against Native Americans for the last 300 years.
They publicly acknowledged and apologized for the wrongs at a service Saturday morning at a crowded First Presbyterian Church in downtown Lancaster.
Their statements were formally received by a wide cross-section of local and regional Native Americans.
The service and a dedication of a Native American longhouse site at the Hans Herr House and Museum that followed were part of the Lancaster Roots celebration of the tricentennial anniversary of Lancaster County.
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