Historic Resting Place for Famous and Faithful

...ng the War for Independence, and was the first Commander- in- Chief of the United States Navy. Bishop Egan, the first Bishop of Philadelphia, was initially interred in Old St. Mary’s. In 1869, his remains were removed to the vault beneath the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. During

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Environment

...ecticide did kill the mosquitoes and other pests but in the process it destroyed all other life on the planet. DDT would be banned in the United States in 1973. ← Civil Rights Christmas →...

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Canonization of Saint John Neumann

...1958. [5] AC 1990.124: 107.45 Letter to Pope Puis XIII from Bishops of the United States of America, November 13, 1957. [6] AC 1990.124: 107.162 Letter to Archbishop O’Hara from Edward Heston, c.s.c, May 24, 1958. [7] AC 1990.124: 107.162 Letter to Archbishop O’Hara from Edward Heston, c.s.c, May 24,

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