100 Year Anniversary of Historic Visit to the West
30 August 2010
HAIFA, Israel — One hundred years ago today, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the eldest son of Bahá’u'lláh and His appointed successor as head of the Bahá’í Faith, embarked on a series of journeys which, over the course of three years, took Him from the Holy Land to the Nile delta, from the Pacific coast of North America to the banks of the River Danube.
Despite His advanced age, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá set out in August 1910 to present Bahá’u'lláh’s teachings about the dawning of a new age of peace and unity, to high and low alike. These historic journeys launched a fledgling faith on its way to becoming a world religion.
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