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The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia is a civic project to increase understanding of one of America’s greatest cities. Produced by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) at Rutgers-Camden, the Encyclopedia as a digital resource and print volume will offer the most comprehensive, authoritative reference source ever created for the Philadelphia region.
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Events
- April 02, 2019-6-8 p.m.: In Search of the Underground Railroad: Connecting People, Places, and Things, Campus Center, Rutgers-Camden
- April 23, 2019-6-8 p.m.: Sanctuary Now, Sanctuary When?, Arch Street Meeting, 320 Arch Street, Philadelphia
- June 04, 2019-6-8 p.m.: Sanctuary in Sickness, Sanctuary in Health, Philadelphia Lazaretto, Second Street and Wanamaker Avenue, Essington, Pa.
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