All History Center sites, including the History Center Museum and Library and Archives and the Agricultural & Industrial Museum, will close at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 18, for a staff event. The Center also will be closed Dec. 24-25 for Christmas and Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 for New Year’s.
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Author Michael C. Harris joins us for our first Second Saturday of 2026 to present and sign copies of his new book, Fighting for Philadelphia. Kick start your America250 celebrations whenContinue reading "Second Saturday January"
In January 1924, in the middle of a snowstorm, in the middle of the night, four people, two sets of strangers, came together. Two were White; two were Black. TwoContinue reading "Miss Lydia’s Church"