PRESENTS
FETISH BOOK CLUB
HOSTED BY RICK CASTRO
THIS MONTH'S SELECTION
GHOSTS OF ST. VINCENT'S
TOM EUBANKS
JULY 14TH
1PM
TOM OF FINLAND HOUSE
1421 LAVETA TERRACE
ECHO PARK CA 90026
INFO- antebellum@earthlink.net
In 1849, during a devastating cholera epidemic,
the Sisters of Charity founded St. Vincent’s Hospital to care
for the indigent immigrants of Greenwich Village.
In its 161 years, the hospital played many historical cameos.
Its staff treated Civil War soldiers and Bohemian poets, survivors of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the Titanic.
More recently, the hospital’s ER took in victims of the 9/11 attacks and the soaking survivors of “Sully” Sullenberger’s “Miracle on the Hudson.”
Despite all of this, St. Vincent’s most memorable role may be as
Ground Zero of the AIDS Crisis.
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