History

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Penn tearing down statue of slavery advocate George Whitefield

Penn Museum hosting virtual tour and beer tasting

Penn Museum Ancient Alcohol event

Compare the flu pandemic of 1918 and COVID-19 with caution

Spanish Flu COVID-19

Explore the National Constitution Center from your own home

National Constitution Center tour

Museum of the American Revolution offering virtual spring break experience

Museum of the American Revolution

Founding Footsteps offering Urban Bourbon Tour

Urban Bourbon Tour with Founding Footsteps

Historical Buildings

18th-Century log cabin discovered during demolition of Pennsylvania bar

Log Cabin find

Black History Month events happening in Philadelphia

Mural Arts Philadelphia Black History Month Tour

Two Amish men from Pennsylvania meet with President Trump in historic White House summit

Reenactment of Washington crossing the Delaware River to take place Christmas

Christmas Day reenactment Washington Crossing Historic Park

Pennsylvania is auctioning off a 76-year-old, World War II-era DUCK Boat

Pennsylvania DUCK Boat

Philly hits 90 degrees in October for first time in 78 years

Philly temperature record 2019

Hundreds to parade up Broad Street in honor of 1918 flu victims

Spanish influenza

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One Liberty Observation Deck brings back 'Twilight Tours'

One Liberty Observation Deck's Twilight Tours

Delaware County Community College to buy Archbishop Prendergast building

Archbishop Prendergast building sold

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National Constitution Center opening 19th Amendment exhibit in 2020

National Constitution Center

Safety concerns lead Tower Theater to remove iconic exterior sign

Tower Theater sign removal

Philly museum to help immigrants prepare for U.S. citizenship

Carroll - Museum of the American Revolution.

Deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history

Historic 30th Street Station split-flap board temporarily relocated to Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

30th Street Flapboard railroad museum

John Leguizamo on his one-man show, Latin history, and running into Trump at the club

John Leguizamo in "Latin History For Morons"

Fallingwater and seven other Frank Lloyd Wright buildings named on UNESCO World Heritage list

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Science History Institute receives rare archive smuggled from Nazi-era Germany

Science Institute rare archive

Salem Oak Tree keepsakes available to visitors of fallen 500-year-old relic

Salem Oak Tree

Philly mayor Jim Kenney is first U.S. mayor to join World Heritage board of directors

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Beyond the Bell Tours offers LGBTQ+ history tours through Philly

Carroll - Philadelphia City Hall tower

Manayunk Then and Now: 100 years of photographic history

Carroll - Manayunk Then / Now

How do you move an ancient 25,000 pound sphinx? Very carefully.

Carroll - Moving the Sphinx of the Pharaoh Ramses II at Penn Museum

Historic Salem Oak Tree falls after 600 years in South Jersey

Salem Oak Tree

Florida man finds 89-year-old Upper Darby High School diploma, seeks owner

Upper Darby High School Diploma Florida

40 rare 13-star flags to be displayed at Museum of the American Revolution

Carroll - Museum of the American Revolution.

Flower Show to be honored with historical marker on 190th anniversary

Carroll - 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show

Popular Avalon bar, known as Jack's Place and other names, demolished after 96 years

Jack's Place Avalon Bar

Hilarious dating profile admits belief Sixers got name from Schuylkill Expressway

76ers I-76 Hinge dating

Cape May’s brisk Monday weather breaks 112-year-old record

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Eastern State Penitentiary adds new LGBTQ history stop to audio tour

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PHOTOS: Local churches set the stage for new dance performance

Carroll - Dance rehearsal Church of the Advocate

Eastern State Penitentiary

PHOTOS: This guy just climbed Eastern State Penitentiary

Carroll - Artist Alexander Rosenberg Climbing Eastern State Penitentiary

PHOTOS: Scenes from the 125th Penn Relays

Carroll - 2019 Penn Relays

Autographed scoresheet from Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game in Hershey up for auction

Wilt Chamberlain scoresheet

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Penn Relays at Franklin Field celebrating 125 years

Carroll - The 124th Penn Relays

Vintage steam train will run on SEPTA's Doylestown line for first time in 28 years

North Wales Steam Train Locomotive

North Philly's historic Budd Company plant sold to New York developers

Budd Companies Main

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