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John Boyle O’Reilly

John Boyle O’Reilly

Mar 14, 2022 | 19th century, boston, 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

The Pope’s Stone

Feb 14, 2022 | 19th century, anti-catholicism, DC, 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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