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Six Triple Eight movie

Army's WWII postal unit, which included women from Philadelphia, chronicled in new film 'The Six Triple Eight'

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Museum of the American Revolution to offer family-friendly activities throughout winter break

museum american revolution winter break

Descendant of 17th century colonist helps find ancestor's remains using radar at Gloria Dei Church cemetery

Peter Rambo grave

With SS United States' departure from South Philly on hold, Florida county faces $100,000 fine

SS United States fine

Penn's 133-year-old Fisher Fine Arts Library to undergo $17.8 million renovation

Fisher Fine Arts Library renovation

A Philadelphia socialite survived the Titanic. Take a look inside her souvenir program from the ship.

Titanic artifact

Chester County's Crebilly Farm, site of a Revolutionary War skirmish, to be preserved as public park

Crebilly Farm Preservation

Rowan University's fossil museum, with life-sized dinosaur depictions, is set to open in March

rowan university fossil museum

Penn Museum finds more human remains from MOVE bombing

Penn Museum MOVE

Departure of SS United States from South Philly postponed to ensure 'ideal conditions'

SS United States Departure

Museum of the American Revolution to host 'National Treasure' themed event

museum american revolution national treasure

Street food, cyclocross and a baby cow: Your weekend guide to things to do

Weekend guide

First Black woman to graduate from Penn's law school to get statue in Philly

Sadie T.M. Alexander contest

Documentary chronicles the raunchy, ridiculous history of the Wing Bowl

Wing Bowl doc

See where Billie Holiday and Jackie Robinson stayed in Philly on this Green Book walking tour

Green Book Walking Tour

All year, this East Passyunk artist has chronicled the lives of Philly residents through a collaborative, online diary

Molly Gorelick diary

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Costumed colonists will re-create the British occupation of Philly next month

Revolutionary War reenactment

How did H.H. Holmes, America's first serial killer, wind up in Philadelphia?

H.H. Holmes

Rare sword from a Revolutionary War soldier to be displayed at Philly museum

Revolutionary War Soldier

Police release video showing 3 men wanted for burglary of SS United States

SS United States Burglary

Philly's first queer newspaper published just one issue in the early 1970s and was funded by a drug deal

Gay Dealer newspaper

SS United States, landlord reach settlement for artificial reefing in Florida

SS United States settlement

Gloria Dei Church creates app so visitors can take self-guided tours of its nearly 350-year-old cemetery

Gloria Dei app

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Museum of the American Revolution to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Weekend with performances, crafts

museum american revolution indigenous peoples weekend

Plans to turn SS United States into a reef off Florida coast move forward

SS United States purchase

This early movie projector started a dispute between the Franklin Institute and Thomas Edison

Phantoscope

Exhibit on school lunches will feature antique milk testers and nutrition comics

School lunch

Trump's debate line about immigrants eating pets 'echoes' racist rhetoric of past world leaders, professor says

Donald Trump

Carpenters' Hall to commemorate 250th anniversary of First Continental Congress this fall with free performances

carpenters hall continental congress

It's been more than 100 years since a Pennsylvanian was a major player in national politics

Pennsylvania Politics Shapiro

Pearl Jam returns to Philly – 15 years after shutting down the Spectrum with four epic shows

Pearl Jam

New memoir tells story of Philly Black Panther who escaped prison twice

Russell Shoatz

A section of Camac Street in Center City is being repaved with wood blocks for historic preservation

Camac Street reno

Enjoy old books? Gloucester County Historical Society is selling 1,500 that date to the mid-1800s

Gloucester County Book Sale

How eye drops used to prevent blindness in newborns funded the Barnes Foundation's art collection

barnes eye drops

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Museum of the American Revolution to offer free admission to kids during Labor Day weekend

museum american revolution labor day

Before Grace Kelly was a princess, the actress became Hollywood royalty during one busy stretch 70 years ago

Grace Kelly

Reporter who received stolen files from 1971 heist of Delco FBI office reflects on working on Ed Helms' podcast

Betty Medsger

In Philly 80 years ago, a racist subway strike paralyzed the city in the middle of World War II

Philly transit strike

A drawing gifted to George Washington by Marquis de Lafayette to be on display in Philly before going on auction

george washington drawing museum

Mount Vernon Cemetery is on the market for $1 million as nonprofit seeks control of overgrown property

Mount Vernon Cemetery

Kevin Hart show about a real 1970 robbery coming to Peacock

Kevin Hart show

Pennsylvania has a long history of putting limits on buying booze, but it just loosened one of its laws

Fine Wine and Good Spirits

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