By Madeline Schlehuber In the nineteenth century, hundreds of thousands of Irish emigrated to the United States in hopes of a better life and more opportunity for their future, bringing little with them in material items, but retaining a strong sense of identity and Catholic faith. The Irish immigrant experience to the United States wasContinue reading “The Power of the Parish: Catholic Influence on Irish Immigrants”
Category Archives: Fall 2023 Essays
The Ideas that Made the Confederacy
By Samuel Coffman John Caldwell Calhoun was one of the premier American intellectuals active in the South in the decades preceding the Civil War. His intellectual drive to preserve the South is seen years before Americans today view the Southern ideas at risk of being overruled. By closely analyzing Calhoun’s writing and decisions he madeContinue reading “The Ideas that Made the Confederacy”
Peter, Paul and Mary: The Rise and Fall of the Sixties
By Will Kennedy Folk music has long been a passageway for societies to tell the stories of their culture. With revolutions concerning race, freedom of speech, war, gender, and more, the Sixties are an integral age in the history of modern America. As the most popular folk group in the Sixties, the band Peter, PaulContinue reading “Peter, Paul and Mary: The Rise and Fall of the Sixties”
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