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Election Day 1815: Election Day 1815

Election Day at the State House, 1815, by John Lewis Krimmel (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
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This color photograph shows the Mother Bethel AME Church. A large stained glass window appears near the top and the outer later is comprised of layered stone.

Historic congregation takes Philly Marathon runners to church

November 18, 2018

WHYY story by Darryl C. Murphy

a color photograph of a man and a woman riding blue rental bicycles in Philadelphia.

Philly adds electric bikes to Indego fleet

November 9, 2018

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Thanksgiving

Photograph of a marching band on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. In the foreground, girls twirl rifles and in the background, flags

Members of the Upper Dublin High School marching band twirl rifles and flags as they march in the 1976 Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries)

» By Mikaela Maria

Although inspired by a 1621 feast shared by Pilgrims and Native Americans in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Thanksgiving traditions emerged from more than two centuries of celebrations influenced by social classes, ethnic groups, and the rise of consumer culture. Some of the most popular practices of Thanksgiving by the twenty-first century originated in Philadelphia. In colonial America, ⇒ Read More

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