Bloody Monday in Louisville
August 6, 1855 is known as Bloody Monday in Louisville, Kentucky. The Know Nothings used violence to try to keep Catholics from voting, and the violence turned into riots.
John Boyle O’Reilly
Mar 14, 2022 | 19th century, boston, episodes, irish, laity, massachusetts, new england, poet, social justice
John Boyle O’Reilly, Irishman, poet, soldier, convict, escapee, journalist, was also a champion of civil rights for all, regardless of race or creed.
The Pope’s Stone
Feb 14, 2022 | 19th century, anti-catholicism, DC, episodes, founding fathers, mid-atlantic, places and buildings
Pope Pius IX donated “The Pope’s Stone” to be included in the Washington Monument. Know Nothings stole it, and dumped it in the river near Washington, DC.
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