The chapel was built because James A. Garfield was banned from speaking in the nearby Congregational Church

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Trustee Mike Fath inside the South Newbury Union Chapel in a 2017 file photo. (Plain Dealer file photo)

The South Newbury Union Chapel, Geauga County’s “Free Speech Chapel,” needs both a physical renovation and a free-speech revival. One hundred and sixty-eight years have taken a toll on the Chapel and the free speech that formerly echoed within its walls.



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