It has the oldest black congregation south of Baltimore, according to the National Park Service, and its website calls it the oldest A.M.E.
Its boosters call it the oldest continuously functioning church and first cathedral in Alta California.
They would later join the Repton Boys Club, which was established in 1884 and still trains young fighters today, making it the oldest of its kind in Britain.
On Thursday, the San Francisco Ballet celebrates the opening of its 78th season, making it the oldest professional ballet company in the country.
The Wendel enterprise traces its roots to 1704, making it the oldest family-run industrial company in France.
The local archdiocese began its ministry for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in 1986, making it the oldest ministry of its type in the country.
Dates around 2000 BC would make it the oldest city in the Americas.
Japan Japann's Yamato dynasty traces its origins back to 660, making it the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy in the world.
U.O. has been in operation for nearly four years now, which makes it the oldest surviving game of its type.
Arley Hall is known for many things, but not least its outstanding double herbaceous border planted in 1846, making it the oldest in the country.
On Thursday, researchers published a formal analysis of Naia's skeletal remains in the journal Science, calling it the oldest, most complete specimen ever discovered in the Americas.
