St. Peter's Lutheran Church (other)
St. Peter's Lutheran Church may refer to: * St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Dell Rapids, South Dakota, United States * St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Warrane, Tasmania, Australia * St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Kinde, Michigan, United States *St. Peter's Lutheran Church under the Citigroup Center in Manhattan, New York, United States *St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Monrovia, Liberia, scene of the Monrovia Church massacre * St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada *St. Peter's Lutheran Church and School St. Peter's Lutheran Church and School is a Lutheran church in Walmore, New York, that is a member of the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC). It formerly was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Backgrou ...

Citigroup Center
The Citigroup Center (formerly Citicorp Center and also known by its address, 601 Lexington Avenue) is an office skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Built in 1977 to house the headquarters of Citibank, it is tall and has 59 floors with of office space. The building was designed by architect Hugh Stubbins, associate architect Emery Roth & Sons, and structural engineer William LeMessurier. 601 Lexington Avenue takes up much of a city block bounded clockwise from west by Lexington Avenue, 54th Street, Third Avenue, and 53rd Street. The building has a 45° angled top with a base on four stilts, as well as a six-story office annex to the east. The tower overhangs St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church at Lexington Avenue and 54th Street, a standalone granite structure designed simultaneously by Stubbins. Also at the base is a sunken plaza, a shopping concourse, and entrances to the church and the New York City Subway's Lexington Avenue/51st Str ...
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Monrovia Church Massacre
The Monrovia Church massacre, also referred to as the St. Peter's Lutheran Church massacre, was the worst single atrocity of the First Liberian Civil War. Approximately 600 people were killed at the church in the Sinkor district of Monrovia on 29 July 1990. The massacre was carried out by approximately 30 government soldiers loyal to President Samuel Doe. The perpetrators were of Doe's Krahn tribe while most of the victims were from the Gio and Mano tribes, which were in support of the rebels. Background The First Liberian Civil War lasted from 1989 until 1997. By mid-1990, two rival factions of rebel fighters advanced on the Liberian capital Monrovia and President Samuel Doe was hiding out in his executive mansion near the seaside. At night, government soldiers patrolled the streets of those parts of Monrovia still under government control in search for people from Nimba County, the area the rebellion had started in, beating and killing men and engaging in looting. ...
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