Question of the Week
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Question of the Week
Our latest Question of the Week looks back at U.S. labor history!
In celebration of National Library Week (April 8-14), what local museum and library was founded by William Wagner and has been offering free science courses to the public since its incorporation in 1855?
The Fenians were an influential group of Irish-Americans in the 1860s and 1870s. What was the purpose of their organization?
Answer:
Founded in the late 1850s, the Fenian Brotherhood was the American offshoot of the Irish Republican (or Revolutionary) Brotherhood, a radical organization that believed in Irish independence and armed resistence to Britain.
In 1777, Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson, a staunch patriot, had her loyalty questioned after she took part in two treasonous incidents on the part of her husband, one of which involved delivering a questionable letter to which Revolutionary War general?
Answer: General George Washington
In 1932, Anne Brancato Wood—a Philadelphia real estate and insurance broker—became the first…
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Memory Stream
Look for these history stories every Sunday in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The stories, called Memory Stream, are published in the Currents section of the newspaper.