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Joyful Victorian women ride bicycles past a disapproving man holding a STOP sign.
History

Wheels of Progress

September 16, 2026 Carolyn Fillmore 0

How the bicycle set women free against a tide of petty outrage.  [more…]

Battleship New Jersey’s 16-inch guns point toward the Delaware River and Ben Franklin Bridge.
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Big Plans for the Big J

August 22, 2026 Michael Thomas Leibrandt 0

The Battleship New Jersey sets course for a multimillion-dollar overhaul in 2027.  [more…]

Visitors and a living-history interpreter walk toward Upsala Mansion in Germantown during the Revolutionary Germantown Festival.
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Keeping Company

August 14, 2026 Michael Thomas Leibrandt 0

A historic handoff at Germantown’s Upsala Mansion. [more…]

Restoration-style sketch of the USS Philadelphia gunboat’s bow and cannon on graph paper.
Contributors

Shipshape for the Semiquincentennial

July 5, 2026 Michael Thomas Leibrandt 0

Aggies to the rescue for a gunboat named Philadelphia. [more…]

Fort Mifflin cannon and American flag at the historic Philadelphia river fort
Contributors

Fortified History

July 3, 2026 Michael Thomas Leibrandt 0

A sprawling Revolutionary stronghold still has stories to tell. [more…]

Thomas Jefferson statue at Monticello in front of a wall remembering people enslaved there
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Not That Guy

June 21, 2026 Field Desk 0

The Founding Father takedown we didn’t know we needed. [more…]

Historic Germantown Stamp Rally passport floating over a garden and the Ebenezer Maxwell historic stone mansion.
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Past Forward

June 15, 2026 Steve Fillmore 0

Historic Germantown opens the gates for a summer of gardens, tours, and a scavenger hunt of discovery. [more…]

Soccer player over Fairmount Park historic houses and an American flag for the Fairmount Park FIFA Fan Festival.
Art & Entertainment

The World’s Fairmount

June 11, 2026 Michael Thomas Leibrandt 0

Grand houses, big ideas, and one historic fan fest. [more…]

Toy French soldiers march across a vintage American document against a French tricolor background for a feature on France and the American Revolution.
Art & Entertainment

The French Connection

April 9, 2026 Michael Thomas Leibrandt 0

From Yorktown to The Count of Monte Cristo, France steals the scene. [more…]

Portrait-style illustration of Lydia Barrington Darragh set against an American flag
Contributors

Feminine Front

February 16, 2026 Michael Thomas Leibrandt 0

Here’s to Lydia Barrington Darragh and the women whose fearless resolve helped secure American independence. [more…]

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