Robert M. O’Reilly papers, 1862-1925 (MC 34)

...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. Other notable appointments include physician at the White House during both of President Grover Cleveland’s administrations,

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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

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...demic - Catholic institutional development during a period of immense brick-and-mortar growth - Catholic reactions to women’s suffrage, prohibition, and other political issues of the period - Catholic responses to renewed Nativism and anti-immigrant sentiment - Catholic community life and social engagement among diverse communities This most recent grant from

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Marian Year of 1954

...s adding the cross to the top of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament. October 13, 1954 Here in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Archbishop John O’Hara opened the Marian Year at the Shrine of then-Venerable John Neumann on December 8, 1953. While Bishop of Philadelphia, Neumann travelled to Rome and

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