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Posted: 10/7/2011
Bethesda Home for Boys -- Bethesda Home for Boys is the oldest child caring institution in the country. In fact, founded in 1740, it s older than the country itself and was a site frequently visited by many of the country s founding fathers. Benjamin Franklin was an early investor and Bethesda was constituted by a grant from King George with the encouragement of Charles and John Wesley.
It was the Rev. George Whitefield, however, that took of up the cause of founding his house of mercy , the translation of the name Bethesda.