“The Old Rugged Cross” was my grandfather’s favorite hymn so every time we sing it I am reminded of him. I remember something funny about my Aunt Mae singing it. She did not understand all of the ...

Lake Park Cemetery Trustee Mark Luke, left, stands with Dr. Charles Wilkins, a newspaper letter writer who wrote about the Gospel hymn “The Old Rugged Cross” and its Youngstown native author — the Rev ...

POKAGON-- Last Saturday, about 100 guests witnessed the first wedding in more than 90 years in The Original Old Rugged Cross Church. The church, where the hymn "The Old Rugged Cross" was first sung ...

If someone approached you, asking you to name America’s most popular hymn, no doubt many of you would respond with “The Old Rugged Cross.” It has been the most favored of the approximately 300 songs ...

POKAGON — After nearly two decades, Pokagon’s little “church without walls” is in need of an update. Plantings in the Old Rugged Cross Memorial Garden were weary and past their prime and fungus is ...