Historic
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Washington Memorial Chapel Added to National Register of Historic Places
The Washington Memorial Chapel, located in Valley Forge, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The chapel is listed as the Washington Memorial Chapel Historic District, a designation that includes the beautiful Chapel and Bell Tower, as well as its cemetery and ancillary buildings, among…
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Chester County Residents Put Preservation at Forefront for Landscapes3 Plan
Chester County residents have responded to a public survey on the Landscapes3 development plan by saying that preservation is a key issue, writes Danielle Lynch for the Daily Local News. Among the residents ensuring that preservation remains a priority is Karen Marshall, heritage preservation coordinator for Chester County. Along with hundreds of Chester County Historic…
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History of Chester County in Safer Hands Following Pair of Grants
The history of Chester County is in safer hands following a pair of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Money for an expert assessment in 2013 led to another 2016 grant that helped buy storage for oversized Battle of the Brandywine items, a records climate logger, and water alarms, according to a NEH…
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Cemetery Volunteer, Sadsbury Township Resident on Mission to Honor Veterans’ Service
His is a silent vow to never forget the sacrifice of America’s military veterans, and with each flag he posts at a veteran’s cemetery gravestone, his patriotic statement grows louder and louder. “I came back. They didn’t,” said Navy veteran Tony Clark of Sadsbury Township in a Philadelphia Daily News column by Stu Bykofsky. He…
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Honoring Memorial Day by Helping Others
Since Memorial Day commemorates those who have served our country, this weekend we honor that spirit by giving back to our community. In the past few weeks, CCEDC completed two collection drives at our offices. We held a clothing and household items collection to benefit the Military Order of the Purple Heart. This Congressionally-chartered charity…
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Poll: How Are You Spending Memorial Day?
Did you know that Memorial Day originated as Decoration Day in 1868 as a way to decorate the graves of the Union war dead with flowers? How will you be spending this Memorial Day weekend?
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With Legacy of Memorial Day at Risk, Berwyn Author Aims to Rally American Economy
The Memorial Day legacy left by the men and women who sacrificed their lives for America is at risk of being squandered by the myth of free trade. That’s the message of Berwyn author James A. Stuber, whose new book cautions Americans about their buying habits “at a time when the smartphones we buy are…
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Alumni of HBCUs like Lincoln – See Thurgood Marshall, Langston Hughes – Continue to Inspire
The deepening national conversation about race has put a spotlight on historically black colleges and universities, including their legacies of producing leaders. “HBCUs continue to play an outsized role in placing African-American students in graduate and professional schools. And their most accomplished alumni continue to dazzle and inspire,” according to a report in The Washington…
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Founder of Mother’s Day Died in West Chester Trying to Keep the Celebration Pure
She pushed and prodded to awaken the world to a day for honoring mothers, and then she denounced Mother’s Day to her death in West Chester, when it too quickly betrayed its intention as a tribute to motherhood and traditional family values. The lifelong goal and subsequent anguish of Mother’s Day was meant to be…
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Exton Car Restorer Turns ‘Derelict’ 1970 GSX into ‘Ultimate Buick’
The road was rocky, and the trip stretched on for years, but West Chester’s Tim Garland accomplished the practically unimaginable in resurrecting a rusted, beat-up, and junk-filled 1970 GSX from the Ugliest GSX in the nation to a near-perfect restoration of its glory. “The car was a very big challenge but worth every minute,” Garland…
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New Museum Could Spark March on Brandywine Battlefield
A new museum in the heart of Philadelphia could soon send thousands of visitors marching to the historic Brandywine Battlefield near Chadds Ford. With 30,000 advance tickets already sold for the Museum of the American Revolution, the Brandywine Battlefield Task Force is arming itself for an invasion of interest once the museum opens on April…
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Eagle Scout Project to Detail History of West Chester’s New Theater, Land It Sits On
It entertained family friends as a plantation in the 1600s, and today it has just begun to entertain greater West Chester as the Knauer Performing Arts Center. Everything in between is now being compiled by a young man from Marshallton Troop 52 as part of an ambitious Eagle Scout project. Boy Scout John Sklenar is…
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Chester County Places Four Billionaires Among World’s Richest
Forbes has released its annual ranking of the richest people across the globe, and four familiar Chester County names have made the cut again, writes Fabiola Cineas for Philadelphia magazine. The highest ranking goes to Campbell Soup queen Mary Alice Dorrance Malone at No. 460 with $3.9 billion. Mary is the largest shareholder of the company…
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Book to Reveal History of West Chester Hospital That Harbored Secret Babies of Unmarried Women
West Chester has harbored the secrets of adopted babies born to well-off but unmarried women since the mid-1900s. Until now. A New Hampshire historian is working toward publishing an account of the Veil Maternity Hospitals that originated in Kansas City and sprang up in the Pennsylvania communities of Corry, Langhorne, and ultimately West Chester, according…
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Humble Parish Founded in 1851 Now Chester County’s Largest
Founded more than a century and a half ago, the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Downingtown has grown to become the largest parish in the county, writes Natalie Smith for the Chester County Press. Led by Monsignor Joseph C. McLoone, the parish is also the second largest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. St. Joseph’s…
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Immaculata Alumni Participate in Filming of New Documentary; Screening Set for April 1
On Saturday, April 1, at 7:30 PM, Immaculata University will be the location for a screening of a new documentary on Duffy’s Cut from Irish American Films entitled The Cut: The Journey of the Men and Women of Duffy’s Cut. The documentary is produced and directed by Shawn Swords with William Watson, a history professor…
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Victorian Charm, Modern Amenities Make Malvern a ‘Classic Town of Greater Philadelphia’
Malvern’s undeniable Victorian charm, combined with its modern amenities, has earned the 3,000-resident borough the designation of Classic, writes Brian McCullough for the Daily Local News. Malvern has joined several other area towns in becoming a part of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia program. Currently, there are 22 municipalities…
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Poll: What are You Doing to Celebrate President’s Day?
Did you know that Presidents’ Day was originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, it is still officially called “Washington’s Birthday” by the federal government. Traditionally celebrated on February 22—Washington’s actual day of birth—the holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday…
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