Friendly and Adopted Sons
...s were held at a rotating number of taverns in Philadelphia, including the City Tavern. However, no meetings were held during the occupation of the city by the British during the Revolution.[4] The Friendly Sons, despite being a social group, took a definite stance on the American Revolution. It expelled
Pope
...1863, where Irish Catholics attacked African-Americans throughout New York City. Nast blamed the attacks on both the ethnicity of the Irish and their Catholic religion, believing that it made them incompatible with American values. “A Roman Catholic Mission from England to the “heathens” of America,” December 30, 1871 In this
Pope visit
...Franklin Parkway was the largest religious gathering in the history of the city with over one million people in attendance. The altar was built at Logan Circle providing a 360-degree view of the Mass. The structure itself took 17 days to build and cost the city $150,000. Halvey_346A_001 Halvey_346A_017
Nuclear War
...robin announcing the thaw of winter. Beginning with negotiations in 1969, SALT resulted in an agreement to limit the number of ballistic missiles held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Wolf, “Which Way?” December 15, 1953 Wolf questions whether mankind will chose the path that leads to peace or the