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The Covenant Monument is a provincial heritage site in Belfast in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.

In 1982 it was described in the Government Gazette as

This obelisk was erected in 1886 to commemorate the vow taken by Andries Pretorius and his men shortly before the Battle of Blood River in 1838. It is the oldest monument of its kind in the Transvaal.

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Covenant Monument

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The Covenant Monument is a provincial heritage site in Belfast in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. In 1982 it was described in the Government...

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Covenanters

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Covenanters (Scottish Gaelic: Cùmhnantaich) were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church...

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Christian views on the Old Covenant

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The Mosaic covenant or Law of Moses – which Christians generally call the "Old Covenant" (in contrast to the New Covenant) – played an important role in...

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Dreghorn Barracks

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eventually demolished in 1955. A monument outside the barracks on Redford Road commemorates the insurgent covenanters of the Pentland Rising who were defeated...

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Greyfriars Kirkyard

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the kirkyard. Notable monuments include the Martyr's Monument, which commemorates executed Covenanters. The Italianate monument to Sir George Mackenzie...

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Day of the Vow

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ethnic exclusivity and divine mission of Afrikaners" (Ehlers 2003). Covenant Monument The Voortrekkers Vow, A poem by Lynn Lyster from Poems of South African...

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Voortrekker Monument

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attended the Day of the Covenant celebrations at Danskraal in Natal. However, the movement to actually build such a monument only started on 4 April 1931...

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Scottish Covenant

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The Scottish Covenant was a petition to the United Kingdom government to create a home rule Scottish parliament. First proposed in 1930, and promoted by...

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Grassmarket

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was added in dark paving on the former gallows site (next to the Covenanters' Monument) and the line of the Flodden Wall at the western end delineated...

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Ten Commandments

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requirements of a works covenant (called the "Old Covenant"), given on Mount Sinai to the nascent nation of Israel. The Old Covenant is fulfilled by Christ...

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List of heritage sites in Mpumalanga

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Mpumalanga as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cultural heritage monuments in Mpumalanga....

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Sarel Cilliers

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reconstruction of the Vow. Battle of Blood River Boer Covenant Monument Day of the Vow Great Trek Voortrekker Monument Voortrekker An alternative portrait of Sarel...

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Shottskirk

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remains of the Fortissat Stone, a Covenanter gathering place. Shotts itself contains several Covenanter monuments as does nearby Harthill and Allanton...

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Northern Mariana Islands

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negotiated Covenant to establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America. The Covenant was codified...

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Penshaw Monument

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the Trust agreed to take over Penshaw Monument from John Lambton, 5th Earl of Durham on the condition that covenants be imposed on Cocken Wood, an area of...

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Mercat cross

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town's demolished cross The cross at Sanquhar was transformed into a Covenanter monument in 1856 The cross at Abernethy. An example of a war memorial in the...

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John Brown of Priesthill

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Brown (1627–1685), also known as the Christian Carrier, was a Protestant Covenanter from Priesthill farm, a few miles from Muirkirk in Ayrshire, Scotland...

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Hill of Tara

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early 20th century by British Israelites searching for the Ark of the Covenant. The other round enclosures are Ráth Laoghaire ('Laoghaire's Fort', where...

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Cameronian

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Cameronian was a name given to a radical faction of Scottish Covenanters who followed the teachings of Richard Cameron, and who were composed principally...

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Heritage registers in Belgium

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Official website CRMSF Wallonia Official website KCML Brussels The covenant on heritage Databank of the Inventory of the Flemish architectural monuments...

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Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

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hospital were removed and incorporated as a combined column in a monument to the Covenanters who were defeated at the Battle of Rullion Green. This stands...

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