American Czestochowa
... Over the years, the Shrine called the “American Czestochowa” has hosted many distinguished guests. In addition to President Johnson, two other presidents of the United States have visited: Ronald Reagan in 1984 and then-Presidential Candidate George H.W. Bush in 1980. Polish government officials have also visited the Shrine: Solidarity
Philadelphia’s First Bishop
...with lay trustees. Egan was born in 1761 in Limerick, Ireland. As a young man he joined the Order of Friars Minor, and studied at Louvain and Prague, where he was probably ordained. Several members of Bishop Egan’s family came to the United States during his tenure, and settled in
Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
...lings stemmed from the allegiance of the Irish Catholics, who were seen by many Americans as loyal to the pope over the United States. Indeed, many believed that Catholicism was incompatible with democracy and that it threatened the established Protestant culture in the country.[7] “Something that will not "blow over."
Irish Land War
...people refused to work or sell produce to landlords and their supporters. Many of the pamphlets I’ve come across were either published by or discuss the Irish National Land League; others were published by or for subgroups of the land league like the Irish National Land League of the United