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Other than New York State, the Shakers had communities in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia and Florida. The last remaining Shaker community is located at Sabbathday Lake, Maine which also has a museum .

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The Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, was founded in England in the 17th century.A Christian religious denomination founded by people who were dissatisfied with the existing denominations of Christianity, the Society of Friends is counted among the historic peace churches.

(Courtesy: Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio) The Simple Gifts of Shaker Music in America by Roger Lee Hall. The Shakers are the oldest surviving religious communal sect in the United States of America. The last active Shaker community is located at Sabbathday Lake, Maine.

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In the early ’s, the movement spread west into Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. By , the Shakers had 19 self-sufficient communities spread from Maine to Indiana. Each community was a “society” and as a group they called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing. At their peak in the midth century.

"Music for Our Children," organized by Shaker residents Ralitsa Georgieva-Smith and Jason Smith, is now in its fifth year and has raised more than $6, for UNICEF.

Nov 17,  · CLEVELAND, Ohio – They did it. A small number of merchants and residents who held a demonstration Nov. 9 have temporarily halted a plan to renew the .