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Contributions of Black, Indigenous soldiers detailed in new collection at Museum of the American Revolution

Penn Museum researchers discover ancient restaurant in Iraq with 5,000-year-old fridge

Penn Museum Researchers Aerial

New exhibit sheds light on James Forten, Black abolitionist and Revolutionary War fighter

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Learn about Black history through audio walking tours and storefront installations in Northern Liberties

Black History Month NoLibs

Over 175 years ago, an enslaved couple escaped to Philadelphia through a daring disguise

william ellen craft escape

Josh Shapiro to be sworn in as Pa. governor using Jewish Bible from Philly museum

Josh Shapiro Bible Inauguration

Celebrate MLK by writing poetry at the Museum of the American Revolution

Museum of the American Revolution MLK Weekend

Fire at Independence National Historical Park building was arson, NPS rangers say

Lucy the Elephant is fully renovated and ready for visitors

lucy elephant restoration

How the Mummers Parade (briefly) landed on national TV in the 1990s

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Stroll through Philadelphia's past on a historic walking tour of Old City

Historic Philadelphia walking tour

Travel back in time to 1770s Philadelphia with a holiday walking tour of Old City

Museum of the American Revolution Winter Break

11 new Pa. historical markers approved for Philly in 2022

Philly Historical Markers Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Orchestra, Academy of Music donate expansive historical archives to Penn

Philadelphia Orchestra Archives

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Museum of the American Revolution 'Winter Weekends' to feature musical performances, silhouette art

Museum of the American Revolution winter weekends

An old-fashioned Thanksgiving side dish to try: How to make potato filling (not stuffing)

potato filling stuffing thanksgiving

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Watch a patriotic Philly POPS performance for Veterans Day at the Museum of the American Revolution

Veterans Day Weekend AmRev

Find secret speakeasies and hear ghost stories at historic Germantown site

Rittenhouse Historic District

Log cabin in South Jersey, oldest in Western Hemisphere, listed for sale

New Jersey Log Cabin For Sale

Documentary on 1985 MOVE bombing wins Library of Congress award

Ramona Africa MOVE film

Neon Museum of Philadelphia, a shrine of vintage signs, to close in Olde Kensington

Neon Museum Philadelphia Closing

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Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day at Museum of the American Revolution next weekend

Museum of the American Revolution Indigenous Peoples Weekend

WWII memories and South Philly’s Italian-American heritage explored in family memoir

WWII Italians South Philly

Explore the 'dark past' of a 19th century textile mill at Manayunk's new haunted house

Lincoln Mill Haunted House

Queen Elizabeth II presented the U.S. with a replica Liberty Bell while visiting Philly in 1976

Queen Elizabeth Philly bicentennial

Demolition of St. Laurentius Church in Fishtown could begin Tuesday

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65 years ago, Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' debuted to a national audience

American Bandstand Dick Clark

Tree where Ocean City's founders met in 19th century on display at history museum

OCNJ historic tree

Historical Society set out to make video about ice cream, but went viral for stumbling upon details of murder

Woods Confectionery Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Remains of Revolutionary War soldiers found in mass grave at South Jersey battlefield

New Jersey Soldiers Remains

Wildwood man finds hidden cash from Great Depression while doing yard work

Wildwood Hidden Money

Black Doctors Row in Graduate Hospital becomes first Black historic district in Philadelphia

Black Doctors Row

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Pirate to visit kids in Cape May for 58th annual Captain Kidd Treasure Hunt

Captain Kidd Pirate

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Museum of the American Revolution to host free classes for elementary school students this summer

Revolution at the Library Museum of American Revolution

German paper in Philadelphia may have been first to publish Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

PATCO expects long-shuttered Franklin Square station to reopen in 2024

PATCO Franklin Square

South Jersey Holocaust survivors' stories to be told in performances at Stockton University

rose rechnic south jersey holocaust survivor stockton

Miller Lite honors nation's first female brewer from Philly with limited edition can

Miller Lite Limited Cans

Proposed Black heritage trail in New Jersey moves closer to reality

William Way Center to host public exhibition, memorial ceremony to honor Philadelphians lost during AIDS crisis

William Way Center

David Lynch's former Fairmount row home up for sale

David Lynch House

50 years ago, Dr. John E. Fryer shifted views of homosexuality in a bold speech to the APA

John Fryer APA

Sun Ra House in Germantown gets historic landmark designation

Sun Ra House Philly

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