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date	event	tags	firsts
1912 9 May 191-	`Abdu'l-Bahá spoke to a capacity gathering at the Parsons' home. He noted that religious ministers in Washington were denouncing Him and the Cause. [APD61-63]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Agnes Parsons; Opposition; United States (USA); Washington, DC, USA
1912 8 May 191-	`Abdu'l-Bahá took a morning train from Pittsburgh, arriving in Washington DC that night for His second visit to that city. [239D:64; AB189; SBR81] He and His entourage moved into the apartment of William P. Ripley who had vacated it for this purpose. [APD59-60]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Pittsburgh, PA; Trains; United States (USA); Washington, DC, USA
1912 7 May 191-	`Abdu'l-Bahá left Cleveland for Pittsburgh, arriving the same day. [239D:63; AB189] Martha Root arranged for Him to talk at the Hotel Schenley to 400 people followed by private meetings with leaders of thought. The hotel is now the University of Pittsburgh's Student Union building, known as the William Pitt Union. [PUP105; Luminous Journey 55:00; Schenley Hotel]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Cleveland, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; United States (USA)
1912 6 May 191-	`Abdu'l-Bahá left Chicago, arriving in Cleveland the same day. [239D:57; AB189] 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave interviews to reporters at the Euclid Hotel. [Luminous Journey 54:00] Talk at the home of Dr. C. M. Swingle to an audience of forty. [PUP104; SoW Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 5-6] Talk at Euclid Hall to an audience of some 500 people. [PUP101; SoW Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 29-32.] "The American continent gives signs and evidences of very great advancement; its future is even more promising, for its influence and illumination are far-reaching, and it will lead all nations spiritually." – Abdu'l-Baha, PUP104. Both the Cleveland News and the Cleveland Plain Dealer carried articles on 'Abdu'l-Bahá's approval of marriage between the races. [SYH60]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Ohio, USA; United States (USA)
1912 5 May 191-	Talk at Children's Meeting, Hotel Plaza, Chicago, Illinois. [PSBW134–5, PUP91] Talk at Plymouth Congregational Church, 935 East Fiftieth Street, Chicago, Illinois. [PUP93; Luminous Journey 50:15] Talk at All-Souls Church, Lincoln Center, Chicago, Illinois. [PUP97] While in Chicago He revealed a special prayer for America, "O Thou kind Lord! This gathering is turning to Thee..... [Luminous Journey 50:25]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Chicago, IL; United States (USA)
1912 4 May 191-	Talk to Theosophical Society, Northwestern University Hall, Evanston, Illinois. [PUP87; Luminous Journey 50:00]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Evanston, IL; Illinois, USA; Theosophical Society; United States (USA)
1912 3 May 191-	Talk at Hotel Plaza in Chicago. [PUP83] In this talk He said, ""Observe what is taking place in Tripoli: men cutting each other into pieces, bombardment from the sea, attacks from the land and the hail of dynamite from the very heaven itself." and denounced imperialism and colonialism by saying that men conquering other territories in our times are considered by Him to be nothing less than "tyrants" and "murderers", and even worse than wolves. [Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu´l-Baha's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East by Kamran Ekbal p20] Afterward He gave each child an envelope with a rose petal and invited all of them to Lincoln Park for a photograph. He asked for time alone and walked over to a statue of Abraham Lincoln at which He gazed for a while. [PUP84; Luminous Journey 51:25]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Chicago, IL; Colonialism and imperialism; United States (USA)
1912 2 May 191-	Talk at Hotel Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, [PUP72] Talk given 2 May 1912 at the Chicago Plaza Hotel by Abdu'l-Bahá translated by John Walbridge Talk to Federation of Women's Clubs, Hotel La Salle, Chicago, Illinois. [PUP74] Talk at Bahá'í Women's Reception, Hotel La Salle, Chicago, Illinois. [PUP77] Talk at Hotel Plaza, Chicago, Illinois. [PUP78] Talk at Hotel Plaza, Chicago, Illinois. [PUP79] A funeral was held for Corrine True's son Davis. Two days later 'Abdu'l-Bahá went to the cemetery and prayed for Davis. [Luminous Journey 49:48, SYH67]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Chicago, IL
1912 1 May 191-	`Abdu'l-Bahá laid the cornerstone of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette. [SYH67-68, CT102; 239D:51; AB186; GPB288, 349; MBW143; Luminous Journey 47:00] Talk at Dedication of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár Grounds. [PUP71] The cornerstone had been offered by Mrs Nettie Tobin, a member of the Women's Teaching Assembly. [AB186] See SYH65-66 for the story of how the Foundation Stone made it to the building site. `Abdu'l-Bahá asked delegates from the various Bahá'í communities and Bahá'ís from different backgrounds each to dig the earth to lay the stone. Corrine True, Lua Getsinger and several other women turned the sod. After the stone had been laid 'Abdu'l-Bahá declared that "The temple is already built." [AB186–7; Luminous Journey 47:00]	* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Chicago, IL; Foundation stones and groundbreaking; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Nettie Tobin; United States (USA); Wilmette, IL


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