On This Day June 16

Salvation Army founder William Booth first met Catherine Mumford when he came to preach at her church. They soon fell in love and married at Stockwell Green Congregational Church in London on June 16, 1855 . Their wedding was very simple, as they wanted to use their time and money for his ministry. Even on their honeymoon Booth was asked to speak at meetings. Catherine bore William eight children and they were reared with an iron disciple.

Catherine and William Booth

The Salvation Army uniform includes bonnets, which in its early days provided protective headgear when the going got rough. The bonnet was worn for the first time on June 16, 1880 at founders William and Catherine Booth's silver wedding in Whitechapel.

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