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The Philadelphia Print Shop in Wayne is a true treasure trove of history, writes Melissa Jacobs for the Main Line Tonight.
It is run by…
Twenty years ago on March 21, 2004, Broomall native Nick Peetros, working for the L.F. Driscoll Co., imploded Veteran’s Stadium to clear the…
A new U.S. Postal Service stamp honoring Upper Darby Quaker Thomas Garrett for his work in the Underground Railroad was unveiled at a ceremony…
One Delaware County woman, June Robins, knows all about Rosie the Riveter because she was one.
June Robins, 97-1/2, is a resident of…
A Nazi plot to blow up a Pennsylvania Railroad, namely Altoona’s famous “Horseshoe Curve,” and a cryolite metals plant in Philadelphia, among other targets…
Multiple school districts split the cost to tear down the century-old University of Pennsylvania research lab in Levittown, writes Carl LaVO for the Bucks…
Pennsylvania, as one of the original 13 colonies where independence was born, has many historic towns that have stood the test of time.
But to…
The gold miner’s ideal ensemble in 1850. Lithograph by Currier & Ives, Lost Coast Outpost.
Two brothers writing home to their family in Delaware…
A new book is putting the spotlight back on Ardrossan, the famous Radnor estate, and the family that inspired The Philadelphia Story, writes Steven Kurutz…
Longwood Gardens has successfully moved the Cox House, a historic home that once served as a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Longwood made the decision…
There’s a blue sign on MacDade Blvd. in Yeadon that marks the spot where The Hilldale Athletic Club, who played in the first Negro…
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…
Pennsylvania’s oldest house is over 300 years old, built around 1640.
It’s also in Delaware County, on Creek Road in Drexel Hill, writes…
A Haverford College project is working to determine what happened to 413 formerly enslaved African Americans who were contractually freed by Quaker guarantees known as…
A historic Black Concord church is seeing new life again after a fire destroyed it 27 years ago, reports KYW via CNN Newsource.
The Spring…
John B. Kelly of Drexel Hill likes to time travel back to Colonial America for Christmas.
A 1776 Christmas, to be specific, writes Maria Pownall…
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