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Coincidences or Acts of Divine Intervention? Accounts of the Bible Saving Soldiers on the Battlefield
Miraculous things have happened over time, in regard to individuals surviving catastrophic weather events, automobile accidents, ship-wrecks, or horrendous conditions on a battlefield. Some term these occurences simply as coincidences, or the result of luck, while other individuals sincerely believe that the 'Hand of Providence,' or some Heavenly power, literally reached out and 'snatched' them from the proverbial 'jaws of death,' when they should have died or been killed like many others. Wednesday, 5/11/11 11:56 am
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Philadelphia's First Civil War Casualty
***This article appeared in the April, 2011, HSP monthly email publication, "History Hits: Collecting & sharing the stories of Pennsylvania." For a free subscription, simply click here to enter your email address.***
Wednesday, 4/20/11 7:47 pm
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CBSPhilly.com Covers HSP Civil War Display
Pa. Historical Society Displays Civil War Items On 150th Anniversary Of War’s Start April 12, 2011 1:35 PM ![]() (Photos by John Ostapkovich)
Wednesday, 4/13/11 12:27 pm
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Listen to KYW 1060 Podcast: HSP's Civil War Collection
As part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, HSP will showcase to the public our vast Civil War collections which include letters, diaries, posters, currency, etc. This will occur on Tuesday, April 12, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Philadelphia's news radio, KYW 1060 AM, interviewed me to discuss elements of this collection. The 19 minute audio podcast can be accessed here:
Wednesday, 4/6/11 6:02 pm
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Unsung and Unknown Women in American History
***This article appeared in the March, 2011, HSP monthly email publication, "History Hits: Collecting & sharing the stories of Pennsylvania." For a free subscription, simply click here to enter your email address.***
Wednesday, 3/23/11 6:32 pm
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Philadelphia's 'Strangling Bug' of 1899 and The American Entomological Society
Philadelphia is of course best known for its seminal role in the creation of the United States of America, as witnessed by the Liberty Bell, Declaration of Independence, and meeting of the Founding Fathers at Independence Hall, during the Constitutional Convention, etc. However, the 'City of Brotherly Love' is less known for being the birthplace of the science of Entomology, or the study of insects. Friday, 3/18/11 2:28 pm
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C-SPAN BookTV appearance: My Brother's Keeper
After it's publication in 2002 and until the present time, I continue to have the opportunity to speak to various groups about one of my books, My Brother's Keeper: Union and Confederate Soldiers' Acts of Mercy During the Civil War. One presentation was filmed by C-SPAN's BookTV in Bowling Green, KY in 2003, and can be viewed in its video archives here. Friday, 3/4/11 2:28 pm
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A Forgotten Massacre and Little-Remembered War
Friday, 3/4/11 2:01 pm
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Black History Month: Philadelphia's Extraordinary Resident, 135-year-old Mary McDonald
Though many centenarians have passed away in the City of Brotherly Love, none have surpassed the forgotten, but truly remarkable, African-American woman named Mary McDonald. McDonald died on January 5, 1906, at the ripe old age of 135! Thursday, 2/17/11 2:48 pm
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Black History Month: Inter-Racial Marriages and Relationships in Colonial Pennsylvania
Here at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania in the near future, Dr. William Pickens III, will be presenting an account relative to his descent, from an early inter-racial couple of Colonial Philadelphia. Though located in what is now near-by Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, a community known as 'Guineatown,' (later Edge Hill), included a resident named 'Richard Morrey, Gentleman,' son of Humphrey Morrey, Philadelphia's first Mayor under the city charter of 1691.
Friday, 2/4/11 3:26 pm
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