Lazaretto
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‘We the People’ Party Jan. 9 Kicks Off 250th Anniversary Events
Delaware County is bringing a local flavor to the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration with historical journeys that visit some of the places that highlight what…
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Cultural Center Now Open in Tinicum for Lovers of Italians and Italian Americans
Italians and those who love them now have a place to gather and experience Italian culture and history. The Italian Cultural Center of the Delaware…
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The area’s First Italian Museum Has Opened in Tinicum
The Delaware Valley has its first Italian museum, and it’s in Tinicum Township, writes Alicia Vitarelli for 6abc. “Our goal is to showcase the greatness…
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Lazaretto in Essington Shows How We Effectively Handled Infectious Diseases in the Past
As we figure out the best path through this pandemic, a look back reminds us that we’ve been here before, writes Frank Fitzpatrick for The…
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Tinicum’s Lazaretto Quarantine Station to be Transformed into Township Offices, Museum
The Lazaretto, an 18th century quarantine station that protected our new nation from Yellow Fever will now be re-purposed into part township offices, part museum,…
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Tinicum Rescues Building That Once Helped Immigrants
Like the 19th century immigrants who sweated through the deadly yellow fever epidemic in the wards of the Lazaretto quarantine station, the red-brick hospital on…
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