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DEVON, PA — Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church will get a historical marker from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) for its central role in the “Berwyn …
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) will celebrate the commonwealth’s 339th birthday on Charter Day, Sunday, March 8, with a rare display of William Penn’s original …
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EAST BRADFORD, PA — At this week’s meeting of the East Bradford Historical Commission, state Senator Andy Dinniman joined officials to celebrate and recognize a new historical grant he helped …
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WEST CHESTER, PA — State Senator Andy Dinniman announced that Chester County offices and historical societies have received over $40,000 in funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC.)
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CALN, PA — State Rep. Dan Williams, D-Chester, announced that a Historical & Archival Records Care grant of $5,000 has been awarded to Caln Township in Chester County.
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HARRISBURG, PA — In August 1619 the first enslaved Africans were brought to the English colonies at Point Comfort, Virginia. The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) joined with the …
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HARRISBURG, PA — State Senator Andy Dinniman announced today that the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) approved a new historical marker honoring the late singer and songwriter Jim Croce.
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) will celebrate the commonwealth’s 338th birthday on Charter Day, Sunday, March 10, with a rare display of William Penn’s original …
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) is reminding individuals, public agencies and private organizations that December 1, 2018, is the final date for submitting nominations for …
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HARRISBURG, PA — A long-lost original 1779 minute book of Pennsylvania’s unicameral Revolutionary General Assembly was returned to Pennsylvania for safekeeping in the Pennsylvania State Archives.
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