Walter Pierce Park
Roads to Diversity Adams Morgan Heritage Trail Walter Pierce Park The Rock Creek Valley, once home to Native Americans, had attracted European settlers by 1703. Before John Quincy Adams...
Mathew Carey (1760-1839)
An Irish Catholic who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1784, Carey was a prominent printer and publisher and prolific writer. He was an influential political economist and nationalist, promoting...
- philadelphia
- irish
- immigration
- printer
Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964)
An influential American composer, lyricist, and translator who brought vernacular to musical theater was born here. Works include the ground- breaking The Cradle Will Rock and an adaptation of The...
- music
- philadelphia
A.M.E. Book Concern
Here in 1836 a church related company began printing hymnals, religious materials, and works by Black authors of the period. In 1847 The Christian Recorder was published here. Bishop Benjamin...
- philadelphia
- churches
- black history
Pennsylvania Hospital
This is the first hospital in the U.S. Chartered by Colonial Assembly in 1751 for "relief of the sick poor." Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond were its chief founders. First building,...
- philadelphia
- hospital
- medicine
The German Society of Philadelphia
The oldest German American organization in the US was founded Dec. 26, 1764, in Philadelphia to provide legal aid, welfare, and language support to German immigrants. Its library, containing...
- immigration
- philadelphia
- german
- library
Frank Furness
A nationally influential architect, his forceful designs and bold use of industrial materials helped shape American modernism. His works include the Pa. Academy of Fine Arts and U. of...
- philadelphia
- architecture
Sir Christopher Wren
Submitted by @simontillo
- 1502
- st. paul's cathedral
- catherine of aragon
AIDS Library of Philadelphia
Submitted by Eli Anders (@elioanders)
- aids
- lgbtq
- philadelphia
East Boston Greenway
Submitted by @Ritterton
Columbus in Galway
ON THESE SHORES AROUND 1477 THE GENOESE SAILOR CRISTOFORO COLOMBO FOUND SURE SIGNS OF LAND BEYOND THE ATLANTIC Submitted by @jackwidely
- 1477
- columbus
- galway
This Shore Line of San Francisco
THIS SHORE LINE OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY REACHED A POINT TWENTY-FIVE FEET NORTHEASTERLY FROM THIS SPOT AT THE TIME GOLD WAS DISCOVERED BY JAMES W. MARSHALL AT COLOMA, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY...
Fenway Park
Submitted by @Ritterton
To The Men of Trinity Who Gave Their Lives For Freedom and Humanity
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George Lincoln Richardson
Submitted by @Ritterton
- verdun
- machine gun
- wwi
- infantry
- richardson
Bristol Stock Exchange
THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BRISTOL STOCK EXCHANGE TO RECORD THE GIFT OF THIS BUILDING TO THE EXCHANGE BY THEIR PRESIDENT GEORGE WHITE AUGUST 1903 Submitted by @theuncommon
The Beginning of the Grand Army of the Republic
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Congressional Medal of Honor, WWI
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WWI Chaplains
WHERE SHELLS BURST AND MEN FELL BROKEN AND BLEEDING THEY CALMLY ADMINISTERED HEROIC WITNESS TO THE POWER OF THE FAITH THEY PREACHED ERECTED BY THE COMMONWEALTH TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICE OF...
United States 8th Army Air Force
UNITED STATES 8TH ARMY AIR FORCE IN HONOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF MASSACHUSETTS WHO SERVED 1942 1945 IN THE LONG DARK YEARS, THE TRIALS, THE TRIBULATIONS BEFORE THEM UNDAUNTED THEY...
- shields of s...
- the long dark years
- united not i...