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Brooklyn Teen’s Eagle Scout Project Aims to Preserve 9/11 Memorial Wall
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (674+ words) SHEEPSHEAD BAY — Every year on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Carlos and Brenda Rodriguez bring their son Giancarlo to a candlelight vigil at a memorial wall in their neighborhood. The ceremony takes place at a memorial wall in…...
To Mark 250 Years of American Independence, Visit These Revolutionary War Sites in the Diocese of Brooklyn
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1509+ words) PARK SLOPE — If you live in the Diocese of Brooklyn, you don’t have to read history books to learn about the American Revolution. History is right on your doorstep. Brooklyn neighborhoods served as the backdrop of the Battle of Brooklyn…...
‘Burning With Patriotism, Catholics Helped Save the Revolution at Battle of Brooklyn
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1377+ words) PARK SLOPE — Pvt. Charles Thompson, a farm worker from St. Mary’s County, Maryland, marched with his company on Aug. 27, 1776, toward deafening artillery fire near Gowanus Creek. Acrid gun and cannon smoke swept the western tip of Long Island on this…...
Catholic Origins in the Upper South: From the Chesapeake Bay to the Carolina Frontier
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (956+ words) by Father Anthony Andreassi In continuing to discuss the origins of Catholicism in the 50 states, the story now turns southward. From Maryland, founded as a haven for English Catholics, to the scattered communities of Virginia, the Carolinas, and what would…...
America's 250th: How a Group of Catholic Patriots Helped Shape the Birth of the U.S.
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (388+ words) PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Despite being a small percentage of the population in the original 13 colonies, Catholics played a crucial role in the Revolutionary War and the birth of the new nation. RELATED: Sacred Heart Catholic Academy Alums Return for Bicentennial Time…...
Booked for Disaster: St. Frances Cabrini’s Chilling Titanic Near-Miss
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (504+ words) WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — In a twist of fate that had the makings of a Hollywood epic, St. Frances Cabrini narrowly missed being a passenger on the Titanic. Because of a last-minute change in plans, she did not board the doomed luxury…...
NYC's Merchant’s House Museum Includes Underground Railroad Passageway
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (308+ words) House painters in the early 1930s stumbled upon this covert space while preparing the home at 29 E. Fourth St. for its conversion from domicile into what is now called the Merchant’s Home Museum. Since 1936, the museum has become “the only family home…...
‘Joy, Relief’ at Presidential Family Reunion 185 Years in the Making: Daughter of President James Monroe Laid To Rest
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (1349+ words) RICHMOND, VIRGINIA — As Barbara VornDick watched Eliza Monroe Hay’s casket get lowered into the grave next to her father’s — fifth U.S. President James Monroe — a calm came over her knowing that after almost two centuries, Hay was finally home....