HistoryU.S. flag at Betsy Ross’ grave was stolen and then bizarrely returned on this week in Philly historyAn anonymous note with the returned flag blamed the theft from Mount Moriah Cemetery on a 6-year-old.
HistoryU.S. flag at Betsy Ross’ grave was stolen and then bizarrely returned on this week in Philly historyAn anonymous note with the returned flag blamed the theft from Mount Moriah Cemetery on a 6-year-old.
HistoryPhilly’s 1986 strike left 45,000 tons of ‘stinking, maggot-laced garbage.’ Here’s what it looked like.
HistoryPhilly’s 1986 strike left 45,000 tons of ‘stinking, maggot-laced garbage.’ Here’s what it looked like.
PhiladelphiaLooking back on the 1986 DC 33 strike through the Daily News’ reviews of trash-disposal sites
PhiladelphiaLooking back on the 1986 DC 33 strike through the Daily News’ reviews of trash-disposal sites
NewsPhiladelphia’s defunct history museum is now a blighted eyesore on East MarketThe city-owned historic property has become a gallery for trash, needles, and graffiti.
NewsPhiladelphia’s defunct history museum is now a blighted eyesore on East MarketThe city-owned historic property has become a gallery for trash, needles, and graffiti.
HistoryA century-old rose bush was cut during a nighttime heist in Germantown. Two years later, it has rebounded.This spring, the historic tausendschön rose exploded with new life.
HistoryA century-old rose bush was cut during a nighttime heist in Germantown. Two years later, it has rebounded.This spring, the historic tausendschön rose exploded with new life.
HistoryThe Eagles owner was training for WWII when his team merged with the Steelers on this week in Philly historyEagles owner Alexis Thompson had orchestrated the 'Steagles' deal by phone from a U.S. Army training ground for officer candidates in North Carolina.
HistoryThe Eagles owner was training for WWII when his team merged with the Steelers on this week in Philly historyEagles owner Alexis Thompson had orchestrated the 'Steagles' deal by phone from a U.S. Army training ground for officer candidates in North Carolina.
HistoryFor years, she was a historical footnote in Philadelphia’s story of abolitionism. Finally, she’s getting her due.Dinah Nevil came to the city in 1773 and insisted on freedom for herself and her children. And jump started the nation's first white abolition society.
HistoryFor years, she was a historical footnote in Philadelphia’s story of abolitionism. Finally, she’s getting her due.Dinah Nevil came to the city in 1773 and insisted on freedom for herself and her children. And jump started the nation's first white abolition society.
HistoryA legendary Irish barman saved Philly’s most famous Revolutionary flag from smoke and flamesThe flag was the very banner the unit trudged across the Delaware with Washington.
HistoryA legendary Irish barman saved Philly’s most famous Revolutionary flag from smoke and flamesThe flag was the very banner the unit trudged across the Delaware with Washington.
HistoryHorn & Hardart kicked off the fast-food revolution from Center City on this week in Philly historyJoe Horn and Bavarian Frank Hardart opened their first “Automat” on Chestnut Street on June 9, 1902. The chain had more than 165 locations at its peak.
HistoryHorn & Hardart kicked off the fast-food revolution from Center City on this week in Philly historyJoe Horn and Bavarian Frank Hardart opened their first “Automat” on Chestnut Street on June 9, 1902. The chain had more than 165 locations at its peak.
HistoryThe Inquirer published its first edition 196 years ago on this week in Philly historyOn June 1, 1829, the first edition of the newspaper rolled off the flat-bed press at No. 5 Bank Alley, now Moravian Street.
HistoryThe Inquirer published its first edition 196 years ago on this week in Philly historyOn June 1, 1829, the first edition of the newspaper rolled off the flat-bed press at No. 5 Bank Alley, now Moravian Street.
OpinionThe nonbinary Revolutionary leader who preached in Philly during the RevolutionFor Pride Month, the Museum of the American Revolution is offering a tour following the footsteps of a Quaker once named Jemima Wilkinson before being reborn to preach God's word.
OpinionThe nonbinary Revolutionary leader who preached in Philly during the RevolutionFor Pride Month, the Museum of the American Revolution is offering a tour following the footsteps of a Quaker once named Jemima Wilkinson before being reborn to preach God's word.
PennsylvaniaPennsylvania museum officials ‘gave up’ the state ship to a Canadian crew, former sailors sayThe Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission violated federal maritime code, which says 75% of a Coast Guard ship's crew must be U.S. citizens.
PennsylvaniaPennsylvania museum officials ‘gave up’ the state ship to a Canadian crew, former sailors sayThe Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission violated federal maritime code, which says 75% of a Coast Guard ship's crew must be U.S. citizens.
HistoryPhilly kicked off its second (and less successful) world’s fair on this week in Philly historyThe sesquicentennial, which celebrated the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, struggled on several fronts before and after it officially debuted on May 31, 1926.
HistoryPhilly kicked off its second (and less successful) world’s fair on this week in Philly historyThe sesquicentennial, which celebrated the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, struggled on several fronts before and after it officially debuted on May 31, 1926.
HistoryPhillies management got caught hiring private investigators to trail players on this week in Philly historyThe Phillies president apologized for hiring gumshoes to make sure players followed the team's curfew.
HistoryPhillies management got caught hiring private investigators to trail players on this week in Philly historyThe Phillies president apologized for hiring gumshoes to make sure players followed the team's curfew.
HistoryThe Franklin Mills mall opened in Northeast on this week in Philly historyThe 1.8 million-square-foot mall at Knights and Woodhaven Roads opened on May 11, 1989.
HistoryThe Franklin Mills mall opened in Northeast on this week in Philly historyThe 1.8 million-square-foot mall at Knights and Woodhaven Roads opened on May 11, 1989.
HistoryLooking back at the Amtrak crash that killed 8 people at Frankford Junction, 10 years laterOf the 253 people on board Amtrak Train 188, eight passengers were killed, and more than 150 others were injured after the May 12, 2015, derailment.
HistoryLooking back at the Amtrak crash that killed 8 people at Frankford Junction, 10 years laterOf the 253 people on board Amtrak Train 188, eight passengers were killed, and more than 150 others were injured after the May 12, 2015, derailment.
OpinionWhat a 19th-century slave ship can tell us about one of Trump’s biggest attempts to defy the rule of lawThere are stark parallels between the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the saga of the Amistad.
OpinionWhat a 19th-century slave ship can tell us about one of Trump’s biggest attempts to defy the rule of lawThere are stark parallels between the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the saga of the Amistad.
HistoryH.H. Holmes, of Chicago ‘House of Horrors’ infamy, was executed at Moyamensing Prison on this week in Philly historyPolice discovered the extent of his crimes after a murder in Philadelphia.
HistoryH.H. Holmes, of Chicago ‘House of Horrors’ infamy, was executed at Moyamensing Prison on this week in Philly historyPolice discovered the extent of his crimes after a murder in Philadelphia.
