Victory Mass

...for Victory for Our Armed Forces Sunday, November 1, 1942 Convention Hall, Philadelphia, PA." Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia 53, no. 4 (1942): 203. [6] “Great Catholic Mass in Convention Hall to Support War Effort,” SB-36 June 1942-Dec. 1942; Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese

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Catholics in WWII

...stant chaplains.[6] O’Hara’s letter also included a list breaking down the number of chaplains from each diocese, in which Philadelphia had the second most with 51. As the war continued that number would increase to 68, unfortunately eight of those Philadelphia priests would die in the war, the most of

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The Centennial Fountain

...of Commodore Barry and since Kirn was working in Germany, it did not reach Philadelphia until June. There were a number of reasons for the delays including payment debates between the CTAU and Kirn as well as problems with the marble that Kirn received.[11] Due to these delays, when the

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The Story of Duffy’s Cut

...r the Relief of Immigrants would assist them in finding jobs in and around Philadelphia. Philadelphia and Columbia horsecar near Duffy's Cut, 1832. From Watkin's History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1896 The men and women who worked at Duffy’s Cut arrived from Londonderry in the summer of 1832 on

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