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Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:08 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:08 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
Cool, Dayton area myself.
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Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:22 pm to NattyBoh
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Over the past few weeks, it seems like every other person I see in Baltimore is wearing Notre Dame gear.
Good.
Maryland was founded as a safe haven for Catholics in the English colonies. Maryland, along with Rhode Island, were forerunners in promoting freedom of worship.
Lord Baltimore was a Catholic. The only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence was from Maryland. Incidentally, the safe haven didn't last long. Protestants quickly became the majority in the new colony. The Protestants seized power and Catholics in Maryland were subsequently prohibited from holding office for the 70 years prior to the American Revolution.
I guess this probably isn't relevant to anybody in 2012.
Ancient history, right?
Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:24 pm to Slippery Slope
im catholic and i never got that whole "catholics root for ND" thing
This post was edited on 12/3/12 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:26 pm to BrerTiger
I have lived in Baltimore my entire life, besides my years at UA, and I never knew that.
Learn something new everyday.
Learn something new everyday.
This post was edited on 12/3/12 at 8:27 pm
Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:27 pm to BrerTiger
quote:catholics were persecuted in the colonies until the start up of maryland. as well as the "no nothings" who tried to keep catholics from gaining any type of foothold in the United States
Catholics in America have never been persecuted at any time in American history.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:29 pm to BrerTiger
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I guess this probably isn't relevant to anybody in 2012.
Ancient history, right?
My ancestors were tortured and fled France in the 1600's and I hear about their valiant stories just about every time my mother sees a Catholic church. I think it's all relative.
This post was edited on 12/3/12 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:36 pm to NattyBoh
How did you go to high school in Maryland and not know that?
They don't teach the history of the colony and state?
That is sad.
My sister and my aunt and uncle live near Baltimore. Great place to visit. Especially for a history buff like me.
They don't teach the history of the colony and state?
That is sad.
My sister and my aunt and uncle live near Baltimore. Great place to visit. Especially for a history buff like me.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:37 pm to Bellabama
Yup.
Precisely why many people fled to America.
Northern Ireland on a mass scale.
Precisely why many people fled to America.
Northern Ireland on a mass scale.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:40 pm to BrerTiger
I LOVE history, and I knew that about Maryland. Pretty interesting to see the differences between Virginia and Maryland because of the way that the colonies were settled and who settled them.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:49 pm to BrerTiger
I am sure they taught it, although I never had a Hisory of Maryland course. I went to Catholic school so I can't say if the public schools offered one. I consider myself somewhat of a history buff as well, although my area of interest is the 20th century, especially WW2 and the Cold War. I guess you just showed I need some brushing up on my colonial American history.
I guess I should say that I understand why many people in Baltimore are ND fans. The state doesn't offer a competitive college team and there are many Catholics here. I was just always turned off by the expectation that I should be a Notre Dame fan just because I am Catholic.
I guess I should say that I understand why many people in Baltimore are ND fans. The state doesn't offer a competitive college team and there are many Catholics here. I was just always turned off by the expectation that I should be a Notre Dame fan just because I am Catholic.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:54 pm to NattyBoh
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I was just always turned off by the expectation that I should be a Notre Dame fan just because I am Catholic.
This baffles me. Fundamentally don't understand why a football team would have anything to do with religion.
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