Our Lady of Czestochowa Dedication
...Halvey_T201_010 New Shrine Built The chapel became a popular pilgrimage site for Polish Americans and soon plans were made for a new larger shrine. Atop of Beacon Hill in Doylestown, ground would be broken on August, 23, 1964. The shrine would be completed in time for the Polish Millennium
Catholic Interracial Council
...oject many of their recordings are now available to listen to on our Omeka site. One of the Catholic Interracial Council of Philadelphia’s first major successes was helping form the Philadelphia’s Fair Employment Practices Commission, on which Anna McGarry served as vice president.[13] This city government commission sought to end
1832 Cholera Outbreak in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut
...o, scholars and other interested parties began an archeological dig at the site of the mass grave to try and determine whether foul play had indeed occurred. Although downplayed in histories concerning the 1832 cholera epidemic, the toll that the disease took on Philadelphia that summer was high. Many residents
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...from 1862 until the hospital closed in 1865. Nurses and staff The 12-acre site where the Satterlee Hospital was located in West Philadelphia, bounded roughly by 40th to 44th Streets, from Spruce to Pine Streets, was at that time very rural, far removed from the cramped and crowded conditions of