History is filled with the stories of people, both individuals and groups, whose actions, triumphs and tribulations have shaped not only their own lives, but the course and culture of their nation.

To learn more about some of those individuals -- famous and not-so-famous -- whose paths led them to St. Paul's Church, click on the links below:

James Polite: Former slave from S.C. served with the Union Army and buried at St. Paul's

Rebecca Turner: From slavery to freedom in the shadows of St. Paul's.

Matthew J. Graham: Fought at Antietam, buried at St. Paul's, wrote about his regiment.

William H. Weigle: Developer of St. Paul's as a Historic Site.

Frederick Stevenson: Battle of White Plains, Buried at St. Paul's Church.

Morris D. Link: Harlem Hellfighter

Rev. Samuel Seabury: St. Paul's Revolutionary War Minister

Native Inhabitants of the St. Paul's Area  

Thomas Standard: The Minister Buried Beneath St. Paul's Church

William S. Coffey: St. Paul's Longest Serving Rector

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Anne Hutchinson

Directors of the American Field Hospital at St. Paul's Church

Theodosius Fowler: Revolutionary War Soldier

George Carter: Civil War Veteran

John Glover: Sailor, Soldier, Patriot

The Hessians

Samuel Treadwell Pell: Continental Army Officer

Richard Shute: The Man Under the Oldest Stone

Frederick Whittaker: Custer's First Biographer

Hiram Slagle: Lost, Then found Civil War Soldier

John Quincy Adams

Sarah Elizabeth (Libby) Nelson: A Woman Devoted to Land, Faith & Family

George Washington

Franklin D. Roosevelt

John Adams

Dr. Charles S. Taft

Minnie DuPree: Star of Stage and Screen -- Film Clip

Edward Gay: Landscape Painter

Sophie Mee: 'A Splendid Teacher'

The Ward Family and the American Revolution

Stephen Hunt: Civil War Veteran. His life centered upon St. Paul's.

James Polite: Former slave, Union soldier, buried at St. Paul's.