Following the Civil War there were 30k homeless children in NYC. Many infants were abandoned. Sr Mary Irene Fitzgibbon, a Sister of Charity, rented a house, placed a crib in front with the sign The Home for Foundlings—and waited. That night the first baby was left in the crib.
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Within a month 44 more had arrived; in the first year more than 1000. Eventually the city donated an entire block and $100k for her New York Foundlings. She also established a maternity hospital and home for single mothers. She died Aug 14 1896.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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