Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
...6 Nast’s anti-Irish cartoons focus on the Irish as a destructive and lying group, who endangered American society. In the immediate aftermath of the Orange Riot of July 12, 1871 in New York City, in which Irish Catholics clashed with the National Guard protecting an Irish Protestant parade, Nast drew
An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition
...he CTAU did not want to force temperance on the population, other Catholic groups saw it as a necessary step to root out the evils of drinking. Cardinal John Ireland, for instance, cofounded the Anti-Saloon League, a major ecumenical force in making Prohibition the law of the land.[8] Another group,
World War One Army Chaplains
...ick’s Parish in Philadelphia as well as served as National Chaplain of the American Legion. Father Wolfe also holds the destination for being that first American priest to preach a sermon at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris for the American Legions 1926 convention.[10] In the months leading up
Mathew Carey
...min Franklin and Benjamin Rush and helped lead to an increased interest in American literature.[6] An even larger impact on the American literary scene was Carey’s book company, which was described as the “greatest publishing and distributing firm in the country.”[7] In addition to publishing American works, Carey was a