An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition
...c Prohibition League (CPL) held its first meeting in 1914 in Niagara Falls New York, where they declared their goal was for the creation of a dry and saloonless nation.[9] During CPL’s convention, they challenged the Catholic Total Abstinence Union for not opposing the liquor traffic and saw themselves as
Pilgrimage of Hope
...the earliest Christians. There are several catacombs scattered around the city, but all outside the Aurelian Wall. The reason for this is, in Roman times, people could not be buried within the city limits. Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls The apse and arch over the
The Story of Duffy’s Cut
...w weeks after arriving in America hoping for a better life, were all dead. Newspapers reported that cholera was to blame, though changing the number from 57 workers to about 8 or 9. Though commemorated and remembered by a few, which is indicated by a stone wall built in 1909,