From William Penn to George Washington to Benjamin Franklin, words from Philadelphians have shaped our city even before the exuberant […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Good omen from the ‘blood moon’?
Here we are once again, Philadelphia. Get ready, it’s time for the big one — a total lunar eclipse known […]
Thom Nickels: A woman in Washington’s army? It’s true.
One of the most interesting press events I’ve ever attended was at the Museum of the American Revolution in 2021. […]
D.G. Hart: Mr. President, open these doors!
Controversy over the removal of the slavery exhibits at Independence National Historical Park (INHP), has diverted attention from National Park […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Love and table tennis
Like all over America, life was hard around Valentine’s Day of 1934 in Depression-era Philadelphia. And like all aspects of […]
John Rossi: When Olney was a ‘suburb’
I grew up in the years just after World War II in a pleasant contained place that I call Lower […]
Robert Cherry: The Philadelphia slavery exhibit is seriously flawed
There has been outrage in some quarters over the announcement that the Trump Administration would be reevaluating the “Freedom and […]
Thom Nickels: When Walt Whitman came to Germantown
The poet Walt Whitman visited Germantown on a number of occasions. Perhaps his most noteworthy visit was recorded by Katherine […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Five decisive Decembers in Philly history
To be Philadelphian affords you access to the legacy of living in a city that holds within its limits some […]