History

Infrequently Asked Questions: Why is the dime smaller than other coins?

Franklin Square: Philly's forgotten park morphs into modern attraction

Carroll - Franklin Square Chinese Lantern Festival

Bastille Day weekend celebration in Fairmount includes bar crawl

Warship Olympia Tattoo Arts Convention headed to Philly for fourth year

Warship Olympia Tattoo Arts Convention

How one writer hypothesized Amelia Earhart was a New Jersey housewife all this time

Amelia Earhart

Paying respects: When the mob bid farewell to Kellyanne Conway's grandfather

Sam Siligato

City puts iconic LOVE sculpture's pedestal up for auction

Carroll - LOVE Park

Gallery: Early photography developed in Philadelphia

Carroll - Historic Photographs

Historical marker set for West Philly site of 1985 MOVE bombing

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The Philadelphia story behind America's first 'selfie'

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A Pine Barrens landmark is closing Saturday for good – after one last sale

Philly's neighborhoods are now a 'National Treasure'

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Philadelphia History Museum to host shore-themed cocktail party

Philadelphia History Museum Collection postcard

Head to Germantown for annual Juneteenth Festival

Johnson House Historical Site

Rittenhouse Square: Philly's prestigious park

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Old letter found in Philly home tells of U.S. serviceman's devotion to hopeful bride

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Family-Friendly

Step into the private homes of Elfreth’s Alley during Fete Day

Fete Day

As 'Sgt. Peppers' turns 50, look back at Beatles' concerts in Philly in photos, video

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Philly author's 'Lilli de Jong' is a new feminist classic for Trump-era America

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Did you know Philly had an (angry) part in the founding of Mother's Day?

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What's up with the scaffolding surrounding the William Penn statue atop City Hall?

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For sale: Letters written by Alexander Hamilton while founding U.S. financial system

Philly gallery giving away historic prints to art and history teachers

The Grand Review

Centre Square: The heart of Philadelphia

Carroll - City Hall Center Square

Moms invited to tea at Museum of the American Revolution

Museum of the American Revolution "Revolutionary Women"

Philly cyclist spots 205-year-old infrastructure relics in Center City

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Eastern State Penitentiary

PHOTOS: Eastern State Penitentiary re-opens 'Hospital Block'

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Learn more about Eastern State's soon-to-open Hospital Block

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What happened to the missing people of Pennsylvania?

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Rare, handwritten drafts of U.S. Constitution rewrite document's history

Carroll - US Constitution Draft

Penn hospital employees find 'rare' 19th century medical notebook

RARE PENN MEDICAL NOTEBOOK

Historic Preservation

Philadelphia establishes historic preservation task force

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Then and now: a historic look at Philadelphia's ballparks

Carroll - Then and Now Stadiums

Museum of the American Revolution

PHOTOS: Museum of the American Revolution officially opens

Carroll - Museum of the American Revolution Opening

30 years ago, One Liberty Place reshaped the Philadelphia skyline for all time

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Try dishes from the Civil War at Mutter Museum

Inside the Mutter Museum

Artists commemorate Great Migration to Philadelphia in new AAMP exhibit

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Parks and Recreation

PHOTOS: Philadelphia's historic Washington Square

Carroll - Historic Washington Square

Washington Square: From mass graves to mass media

Carroll - Historic Washington Square

A glimpse into a Philadelphia engineer's life in WWI a century after U.S. entered the war

Henry Bamsberger portrait

Curtis Institute digitizing library of historic recordings

Carroll - MLK Day of Service

Eastern State Penitentiary to open long-abandoned medical wing

Medical Wing Eastern State

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Sylvester Stallone says he rejected Trump's Hollywood envoy offer

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Philly jobs are changing. Are you ready?

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