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The Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library, Philadelphia’s last exclusive Civil War museum, was faced with a difficult choice: to sell a…
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It takes a certain amount of intestinal fortitude to decide to write a sequel to arguably one of the most heralded novels in American…
Researchers Brad Upp and Jim Remsen penned a book on the forgotten Civil War camp in Gladwyne titled Back from Battle: The Forgotten Story of…
Anna Morris Holstein (1825-1900) is credited with saving, acquiring, and preserving General Washington’s Valley Forge Headquarters, at times referred to as “The Shrine…
An alleged cache of Civil War gold buried somewhere in Pennsylstroke of genuiusvania caused many to catch a serious case of gold fever. But its…
Anna Morris Holstein, image via Wikipedia.
Anna Morris Holstein, a volunteer Civil War nurse who led the effort to acquire and preserve George Washington’s…
During the Civil War, Chestnut Hill was home to one of the nation’s largest hospitals, according to a staff report from the Chestnut Hill…
Harriet Tubman, the prominent abolitionist and political activist, often found refuge at the home of a Montgomery County Quaker family while helping escaped slaves reach…
Four generations of the Penrose family lived at Graeme Park from 1801 – 1920. As Quakers they were morally opposed to slavery and to war. How…
Gen. John F. Hartranft and Sgt. William D. Jenkins fought for the Union during the Civil War as part of Pennsylvania’s 51st Volunteer Infantry…
The search for two tons of gold carried by a Union Wagon that disappeared on its way to U.S. Mint in Philadelphia might finally…
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