Laetare Medal
...that the Laetare Medal, an award for an American Catholic who has made an outstanding contribution to society, was first given to the historian John Gilmary Shea in 1883?
...that the <b id="mwBMg"><a href="./Laetare_Medal" id="mwBMk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Laetare Medal">Laetare Medal</a></b>, an award for an American <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Roman_Catholic_Church" id="mwBMo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roman Catholic Church">Catholic</a> who has made an outstanding contribution to <a href="./Society" id="mwBMs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Society">society</a>, was first given to the <a href="./Historian" id="mwBMw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Historian">historian</a> <a href="./John_Gilmary_Shea" id="mwBM0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Gilmary Shea">John Gilmary Shea</a> in 1883?