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Our History Compels Us: We Stand United For A Free Press
History

Our History Compels Us: We Stand United For A Free Press

We join with hundreds of news organizations in defense of the free press, under dangerous attack by the President of the United States

Restoration Project Gives New Life To Ben Franklin’s Grave
Preservation

Restoration Project Gives New Life To Ben Franklin’s Grave

Benjamin Franklin’s tombstone gets some desperately needed TLC. Tyler Horst has the story

How Franklin’s Grave Became A Monument And Philadelphians Were Persuaded To Like It
History

How Franklin’s Grave Became A Monument And Philadelphians Were Persuaded To Like It

Nearly 70 years after Benjamin Franklin’s death, public outcry demanding honor for the Founding Father transformed a battered, overgrown gravesite into a popular tourist destination. But the real story isn’t at all what we’ve been told. Join Mark Dixon as he uncovers truth and public deception behind the hole in the wall at Benjamin Franklin’s grave

Benjamin Franklin Museum Opens This Weekend, Free Of Its Old Quirks
Art & Design

Benjamin Franklin Museum Opens This Weekend, Free Of Its Old Quirks

The brand new Benjamin Franklin Museum opens on Saturday. Bicentennial baby Brad Maule finds the charm of its predecessor missing from the sleek new museum

Something New In America: Serious Opera, 1757
History

Something New In America: Serious Opera, 1757

It was a musical winter in Philadelphia, as students of the College of Philadelphia, including Francis Hopkinson, put on the “Mask of Alfred”

Third Regiment Armory Pinned Down In Legal Crossfire
Preservation

Third Regiment Armory Pinned Down In Legal Crossfire

Stuck in a legal quagmire, the old Third Regiment Armory has been vacant for eight years–but help may be on the way

On Ben’s Birthday, We Have To Ask
Development

On Ben’s Birthday, We Have To Ask

Taking inspiration from the patron saint of Philadelphia


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