Chronology: Date 1919-1

date	event	tags	firsts
1919 Late	Martha Root visited Cuba for one day, the first Bahá'í to do so, and lectured on the Bahá'í Faith.	Martha Root; Cuba	the first Bahá'í to visit Cuba
1919 25 Dec	Shoghi Effendi presented a precious gift to his friend Dr Esslemont, "a drop of the coagulate and sacred blood of Bahá'u'lláh". [PG126]	Esslemont; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Gifts; Haifa, Israel
1919 17 Dec	Due to the difficulty of communication during the war there was a long delay before the invitation was delivered to the Holy Land.`Abdu'l-Bahá immediately responded to the invitation and wrote the Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace. He asked Ahmad Yazdáni and 'Alí Muhammad 'Ibn-i-Asdaq to come to Haifa to deliver the Tablet on His behalf. In May of 1920, they departed Haifa for Rotterdam. Upon arrival, they took a train to The Hague and delivered the Tablet on the 17th of May.	* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague); Ibn-i-Asdaq (Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad); Peace; World peace; - Basic timeline, Expanded; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Central Organization for a Durable Peace; Haifa, Israel; The Hague, Netherlands; Netherlands
1919 21 Nov	In the period after the war 'Abdu'l-Bahá was flooded with requests from India and points East for Him to visit. Indian soldiers serving with the British forced stationed in the area were frequent visitors. [PG118-120]	India
1919 18 Nov	The periodical entitled "The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom" was published and distributed by Miss Ella Roberts from 1919 to 1924. [Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Native American creation stories, edited by Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon p.782-783] The story of the naming of the magazine... Margaret Randall told of the establishment of a Bahá'í Junior Magazine and asked 'Abdu'l-Bahá for a name for it. The Master was told who had charge of it, and His face lighted up with a beautiful smile as He said: "The name is The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom. Who writes it? This (name) is suitable for it. [WHR128-129] See A Compilation on Bahá'í Education #96 for a tablet by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to the children of the Bahá'í school, Urbana, Illinois found here. See A Compilation on Bahá'í Education #102 for a tribute to the magazine by Shoghi Effendi found here. He called it "first and only organ of the Bahá'í youth throughout the world". At the American National Convention in 1925 (July 4 - 9) it was reported that "The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom", edited by Ella Roberts and "Bahá'í World Fellowship" edited by Mrs. Victoria Bedikian had merged. ["Bahá'í News Letter" #6 Jul-Aug 1925 p.6]	Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom; Children; Youth; - Periodicals; * Publications; - First publications; Haifa, Israel; USA	first publication for Bahá'í youth.
1919 Nov	William Harry Randall, an American, asked `Abdu'l-Bahá if he might contribute to the building of the Western Pilgrim House. [DH179] Plans were drawn up and work began but the funds available were insufficient to continue the work until 1923, when money was contributed by Amelia Collins and seven others. [BBD178; DH180; GPB307]	William Harry Randall; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Pilgrim Houses; Pilgrim House, Western; Amelia Collins; Haifa, Israel
1919 25 Oct	Martha Root arrived in Panama, the first Bahá'í to visit the country. She spent one week there.	Martha Root; Panama	the first Bahá'í to visit Panama,
1919 Oct	Martha Root visited Chile, the first Bahá'í to do so. During her four-hour stay in Valparaiso she met with the Theosophical Society to speak about the Bahá'í Faith.	Martha Root; Theosophical Society; Chile
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