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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.
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Shipshape for the Semiquincentennial

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

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

July 3, 2026 Michael Thomas Leibrandt 0

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

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

April 9, 2026 Michael Thomas Leibrandt 0

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

Weather vane atop Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia, site of the First Continental Congress in 1774.
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Fifty-One Days on Chestnut Street

February 13, 2026 Michael Thomas Leibrandt 0

Independence Hall gets the spotlight, but the real revolution began one block up the cobblestones. [more…]

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