History
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Explore the legacy of Philadelphia’s Black Founding Fathers
Philadelphia’s Black Founding Fathers fought for freedom during an era when it was routinely denied to Black people.
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Judge calls Justice Department’s statements on Philadelphia slavery exhibit display ‘dangerous’ and ‘horrifying’
“You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way,”
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10 key stops on the Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has 61 locations listed on the Network to Freedom, the National Park Service’s preservation of sites related to the Underground Railroad. Learn about 10 spots across the state widely recognized as key stops in helping Black Americans to escape enslavement.
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Everything to know about Groundhog Day 2026 in Punxsutawney
Celebrate Groundhog Day 2026—and its ancient origins—at the popular Western Pa. event where you can catch a glimpse of the world’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil.
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So you’re freezing? Forgive the Pa. explorer who invented wind chill
Paul Siple is from Erie, graduated from Allegheny College and became a U.S. Army major. He was a polar explorer, scientist and U.S. scientific attaché to Australia and New Zealand.
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How soap led police to killers of Erie industrialist 81 years ago
Dubbed the “Hilltop Murder,” the 1945 killing of Joseph B. Campbell at his Millcreek home was “one of Erie County’s most atrocious crimes,” according to the Erie Daily Times.
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Erie mariners tell the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald and its sinking 50 years ago
More than 730 feet long, the “Fitz” had been the largest ore carrier on the lakes before the 1,000-foot Stewart J. Cort — built at Erie’s Litton Industries marine division, now Donjon Shipbuilding — launched in 1972.
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The Babe and the Beatles: 7 fun facts about Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
NEPA’s “twin cities” have some interesting history — and a pizza mecca between them.
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The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma received 16 of its children, exhumed from a Pennsylvania cemetery, and reburied their small wooden coffins last month in a tribal cemetery in Concho, Oklahoma.
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8 fascinating facts about Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s capital city
These facts about Harrisburg prove the capital city is more than state politics and budget impasses.
