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August 24, 2026

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

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…]

National Park Service workers remove a slavery history panel from the President’s House site at Independence Mall in Philadelphia.

Empire in Denial

February 4, 2026 Carolyn Fillmore 0

They took down the panels. The receipts remain. [more…]

Illustration of a Black woman in a Supergirl shirt with a ghostly ancestral figure behind her, symbolizing strength and generational memory.

FILM REVIEW: My Slave Sister, Myself

March 7, 2021 Carolyn Fillmore 0

From the depths of unspeakable trauma, the enslaved Black woman’s tremendous strength has been a gift passed down through generations of daughters. I can’t stop thinking about this movie. Gwen Ragsdale’s documentary short delves into [more…]

Black History = American History

February 2, 2021 Carolyn Fillmore 0

The path to healing begins with truth and ownership Germantown is home to a historical treasure for divided times. The Lest We Forget Museum of Slavery offers a hands-on approach to understanding an appalling period [more…]