Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...cartoon where he drew a Catholic priest trying convert a recently freed African-American family. However, behind his back the priest holds a pair of shackles, implying that through Catholicism the family will be enslaved again. It is also interesting to note, that in the background is a public school which

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Temperance Movement

...al. [1] Joseph Gibbs, History of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, (Philadelphia: 1907), 11. [2] Daria Gasparini, “A Celebration of Moral Force: The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of American Centennial Fountain,” Master’s Thesis (University of Pennsylvania, 2002), 47. [3] Ibid., 47. [4] Ibid., 49. [5] Gibbs, History of

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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

...on, http://www.nationalshrine.com/site/c.osJRKVPBJnH/b.4784521/k.E4CB/Historical_Timeline.htm. [9] Tweed, America’s Church, 30. [10] Ibid., 31. [11] “Historical Timeline.” [12] Geraldine Rohling, “The Dedication of the Cornerstone,” Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, http://www.kintera.org/site/pp.asp?c=etITK6OTG&b=1438217. [13] Ibid. [14] “Overview of Shrine History,” 1. [15] “Historic Highlights,” Basilica of the Natio...

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The Centennial Fountain

...ns. [1] Joseph Gibbs, History of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, (Philadelphia: 1907), 26. [2] Daria Gasparini, “A Celebration of Moral Force: The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of American Centennial Fountain,” Master’s Thesis (University of Pennsylvania, 2002), 7. [3] Gibbs, History of the Catholic, 34. [4] Gasparini, “A

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