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The Underground Railroad, which is a vital part of our nation’s history, was an intricate network of people that helped move enslaved people from…
A presidential order signed by Abraham Lincoln four days before he was assassinated has been found in an old writing desk and is now being…
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the first time that The Beatles first arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, marking the…
The Dower House, located at the Goshen Road intersection, is the oldest, continuously occupied home in West Chester, writes Malcolm Johnstone for County Lines Magazine…
Ric Gillespie, a Chester County resident and head of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), has been investigating Amelia Earhart’s airplane crash…
Philadelphia is a significantly different city than it was 75 years ago, with a smarter and more diverse population but fewer residents overall, writes Meir…
Villanova University is now the permanent steward of the original copy of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, writes Jackie Thomas…
As an area rich in the history of the nation, Chester County has dedicated several museums and centers to preserving the past for present and…
George Washington’s war tent, created in Reading during the Valley Forge encampment in 1778, is an iconic part of the Museum of the American…
In addition to the civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, Netflix’s new movie Rustin spotlights another West Chester hero: his grandmother Julia “Ma” Rustin, writes…
The historic Hillside Farm is a place where family and tradition take center stage, write Wakisha Bailey and Rory Hardenstine for CBS News Philadelphia.
The…
Demolition on the 246-year-old Concordville Inn in Glen Mills has begun with a portion of it down before the Thanksgiving holiday, writes Emma…
In 1870, Philadelphia inventor Henry Heyl displayed among the first demonstrations of a projected moving picture, writes Avi Wolfman-Arent for Billy Penn at WHYY…
On Nov. 20, a galvanizing Bayard Rustin biopic, a West Chester native and gay civil rights activist who organized the 1963 March on Washington will…
A Revolutionary War cannon built and buried at Warwick Furnace now has a permanent home in a shelter at the French and Pickering Creeks Conservation…
During its most recent meeting in October, the Philadelphia Historical Commission designated six new buildings to the local Register of Historic Places, writes Kimberly Haas…
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