In his 1977 hit single ‘Heroes,’ David Bowie sang “We can be heroes, just for one day…We can be heroes, forever and ever.” He may just as well have been referring to the ‘Catholic Heroes of the World War‘, whose valor was chronicled in the American Catholic press, 1929-1933. This now obscure paean to Catholic Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: Heroes for More than One Day
Posted in: Digital Scholar Bytes The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Bureau of Historical Records, Catholic Heroes of the World War, Catholic History, Catholic News Service, First World War, Humanities, National Catholic War Council, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, University Archives, Wild Bill Donovan, World War I, WWI | Comment