Greater Friendship Baptist Church

a.k.a. Alaska Heritage Resources Site No. ANC-02639

903 E 13th Ave., Anchorage, AK

Local significance:

Religion; Black; Ethnic Heritage; Social History

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.

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During World War II, the Japanese invaded and occupied two islands in Alaska's Aleutian chain, Attu and Kiska. This was the only foreign occupation of American soil during the war.