Robert M. O’Reilly, Surgeon General
...of Pennsylvania. After graduating in 1866 he served in the army around the country and was continually promoted to higher ranking positions. The actual certificates are large in scale, below is a letter congratulating O'Reilly on his new position as Assistant Surgeon. Letter from War Department, August 5, 1867 Letter
Day of Great Joy: Sisters of St. Joseph in Philadelphia
...hiladelphia because it was on that day after weeks of traveling across the country from St. Louis, the Sisters of St. Joseph arrived to take control of St. John’s Orphanage.[1] Bishop Kenrick had learned of the Sisters when visiting his brother who was Bishop of St. Louis. After pleading with
Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...at Catholicism by destroying public schools will destroy the future of the country. Additionally, in the background of the cartoon, an image of the Vatican with both the papal and Irish flags flying as well as a building titled “the political Roman Catholic school,” reveal the origins of these threats
Education
...s in ruins. Nast believed that Catholicism was attacking the future of the country by destroying public schools. “Tilden’s “Wolf at the Door, Gaunt and Hungry.” Don’t let him in,” September 16, 1876 Here a wolf with a papal and Democratic Party collar is trying to force its way into