Robert M. O’Reilly, Surgeon General
...General of the United States Army serving from September 7, 1902 to January 14, 1909. O'Reilly served a long military medical career beginning as a medical cadet in August 1862 during the Civil War. Notable accomplishments include a position as the physician at the White House during both of President
Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...the 1870s,” History of Education Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Summer, 2005), 180. [2] Ibid., 182. [3] Joshua Brown, Beyond the Lines: Pictorial Reporting, Everyday Life, and the Crisis of Gilded Age America, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006), 62; Niall Whelehan, The Dynamiters: Irish Nationalism and Political Violence in
TV and Radio
...lic Hour. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia began its own radio apostolate in 1944 and would add television in 1964 after the decree from Vatican II to use media to teach the faithful.[1] The ministry would expand in 1974 when the Delaware Valley Catholic Office of TV and Radio (DVCOTVR) was
A Philadelphia Artist
...ding a meeting of artists associated with the Academy of Fine Arts, January 15, 1856, p.1 Sartain letter, p.2 Martin’s correspondence and business-related materials appear to demonstrate that Martin had a fairly steady amount of business in his home town. His work garnered some interest outside Philadelphia as well. He