Centennial Exposition

...and featured exhibits and displays from numerous countries including Peru, Egypt, Japan, and Switzerland.[6] Other prominent buildings included: Machinery Hall, Horticultural Hall, Agricultural Hall, United States Building, Memorial Hall, and the Women’s Pavilion. 15 countries and 26 states also constructed their own buildings.[7] Of all the buildings, only two survived

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Archbishop Ryan

...f education clear when he stated, “religious education is intended to make better men and better citizens.”[8] Furthermore, Ryan even made it a rule for new parishes that a school had to be built before construction on the church could begin.[9] This was because Ryan believed without a strong base

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Historic Resting Place for Famous and Faithful

...Mary’s Cemetery, raising the burial ground. Katrina, in order to secure a free burial, offered to spread one hundred loads of earth by hand. She died several years later after sustaining crippling injuries in a fire. True to her wishes, Katrina was buried in Old St. Mary’s Cemetery beneath the

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Other resources/repositories

...iversity Digital Library Philadelphia City Archives Marriage Record Office Free Library of Philadelphia National Archives Mid-Atlantic Region The Historical Society of Pennsylvania The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania The Historical Society of Montgomery County, PA Chester County Historical Society Bucks County Historical Society Delaware County Historical Society Pennsylvania Division of Vital

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