The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 14:07, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that later when, as the new president, Roosevelt had to undergo a painful leg operation at St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital, he asked them to send Regina Purtell(pictured) to personally attend to him? Source: [2]
ALT2: ... that Regina Purtell(pictured) once cared for a member of John Philip Sousa's band, known for its military marches, and that afterward Sousa sent the entire group to serenade her at the hospital in person? Source: [3]
Reviewed:
Comment: There is more, but I didn't want to add too many hooks. She nursed sons of the Rough Riders through the global pandemic of Spanish flu, and she received Louisiana's first full military funeral for a nun, with gun salutes, and Spanish-American war veterans, doctors, and nurses in attendance.
Overall: @Fortunaa: Good article. AGF on the sources I can't access. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:35, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
We could have some WP:SEAOFBLUE concerns with ALT0 but I will promote it and if it is an issue it will be brought up at DYKtalk. Bruxton (talk) 14:04, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
References
^"'Nightingale' of War Nun Given Army Burial." The St. Louis Register. Vol. 10, no. 45. 3 November 1950.
^"Sister Regina, Old Friend. Had Ministered to the President Before". Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 267. 24 September 1902.
^Miller, C. M., Rudolf Henry, ed. (March 1951). "Sr. Regina, A Valiant Daughter of Charity, Honored," The De Andrein 21 (6): 1.
@Fortunaa: Good article. AGF on the sources I can't access. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:35, 22 August 2023 (UTC)