Germantown history
Tuomi’s Time Machine: Standing Up to the System
Philadelphia Transportation Company vs. NAACP helps set the stage for the civil rights struggle [more…]
Historic Germantown
Honeyfest at Wyck House
Free! Fun! Educational! Philly’s 10th Annual Honey Fest comes to Historic Germantown! [more…]
Germantown history
Tuomi’s Time Machine: MLK Milestone
A neighborhood high school approaches its 50th anniversary. [more…]
Neighborhood
Summer’s Last Stand
Free Local shindig under the stars at Historic Germantown! [more…]
Germantown history
New Sites, Old Favorites
Centuries of local history to explore — right in our own backyard! [more…]
Shandies with Sandy
Meet & Greet the Local paper! [more…]
Germantown history
Tuomi’s Time Machine: Better Together
Activism, outreach, and the “Germantown Sound” at Togetherness House [more…]
Hall of Fame Awards: Historic Germantown
A celebration of three noted honorees with roots in the Old German Township Joan Countryman, Jerry Pinkney and Alice Lea Tasman will be presented with the prestigious Hall of Fame Award on Thursday June 20, [more…]
Germantown history
Tuomi’s Time Machine: The Pastorius Monument
Once known only as the “monument in a box,” the Pastorius monument finally got its place in the sun. [more…]
Germantown history
Tuomi’s Time Machine
Going back in time with Tuomi Forrest, Executive Director of Historic Germantown, as he picks some of his favorite images from the Germantown Historical Society’s extensive collection. For the first installment of the Time Machine, [more…]