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These middle schoolers spent a week touring Underground Railroad sites in Camden and Lawnside — and taking photographs of them
As soon as the church van pulled into Mount Peace Cemetery in Lawnside, London Artis recognized a familiar name: her ...
The Civil War That Never Ended
In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...
How assassinations and war changed how the U.S. remembers its presidents
The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.
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Arlington’s 1976 bicentennial bash featured contests, a parade and a 300-pound cake
Sitting on the reference stacks at the Charlie Clark Center for Local History at Arlington Central Library are five thick, blue, nearly 50-year-old bound editions. They are the archives of the ...