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Ann Lee is born on this day in Manchester, England.
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The Shaking Quakers were named as such because they shook when performing a religious dance.
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While in jail she had a series of religious visions.
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Now unwelcome in England, Lee and her husband immigrate to America and settle near Albany, New York.
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The first Shaker building is built in Harvard, Massachusetts.
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It was built in New Lebanon, New York. It begins to spread westward.
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The ministry at New Lebanon sends three missionaries to Kentucky. They travel on foot and spread the faith.
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The Shakers reached about six thousand members and nineteen communial villages. This was the "golden age" of Shaker history.
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The Shakers refused to fight because they are pacaficts. An elder travels to Washington where Lincoln grants the Shakers exemption from service.
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One by one, the Shaker communities began to fold.
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Only twelve Shakers remain in 200 year old villages.
