Although it is hard to find any evidence today of the destruction and devastation that was the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, there does stand a monument on the grounds of City Hall to Father Thomas O'Reilly. A man whose powerful personality stopped a seemingly unstoppable juggernaut and managed to save not only all of Atlanta's churches and municipal buildings but 400 other structures as well.

The Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta recalled the actions of this brave cleric with much fanfare on Thursday, March 16, 2006.

The day celebrated the life of a man who exemplified the virtues of courage, piety and ecumenism. His lesson should always be remembered and never forgotten.

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