Gideons Distribute Free Bibles

Trivia
on April 23, 2000

John H. Nicholson and Samuel E. Hill met by accident when they had to share a hotel room in Boscobel, Wis., in 1898. A year later the two men, along with Will J. Knights, organized The Gideons association, which since then has distributed more than 900 million free bibles to those away from home.

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