Centennial Exposition

...and throughout the city. Speeches were held at various Catholic Churches, most of which spoke of the importance of religious liberty and faith in building America.[14] By the time the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine closed on November 10, 1876, over 10 million

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Old St. Joseph marriage record, June 1801

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The Other Drexel: Louise Drexel Morrell

...ine of the True Cross Louise was also deeply religious. She considered her most satisfying accomplishment to be the erection of the Shrine of St. Michael of the True Cross on the grounds of the old Drexel estate at St. Michel, now the site of Frankford Hospital’s Torresdale Division. The

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Pope

...igious leaders). “I Would Be Anything to be President,” November 2, 1872 Nast contrasts Henry Clay with presidential candidate and founder of the New-York Tribune Horace Greeley. Greeley was the nominee for both Liberal Republican and the Democratic Parties for the 1872 election. As a major supporter of President Grant,

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