Established on February 18, 1891, and by 1898 had the largest circulation in the world, the landmark Free Library of Philadelphia system could close....
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I write about landmarks. Sometimes in our collective history, events are landmarks. The Magna Carta in Great Britain is one, it was the beginning of...
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The 112 year old Devon Horse Show is at the at Devon fairgrounds and Civil War and Irish Traditional music is at Fort Mifflin this weekend In 1896,...
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At Bartram’s Garden, the historic home and garden of the Bartrams, America's pioneering family of naturalists, botanists and explorers on...
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On April 25-26, 2009 join the 78th Infantry Living History Association, at Fort Mifflin, as they recreate an epic engagement that led to the...
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After Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, many freed blacks stepped forward to fight in the army. Thousands of ex-slaves and free...
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Beer, it’s brewing, sales, and consumption, has always been an important part of life in Philadelphia. My wife’s and my own colonial...
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Lincoln’s inauguration journey departed Springfield, Ill., on Feb. 11, 1861, moving through Indianapolis and Cincinnati. The train turned north...
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This History Channel will be airing a new Lincoln documentary “Stealing Lincoln’s Body ‘based on a book of the same name by Thomas...
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The president-elect delivered this speech to hundeds at the landmark 30th st. Station before he began his inaugural train tour to our nations capital....
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