Historic Fair Hill Burial Ground hosts Community Summer Festival [gallery]
Historic Fair Hill Burial Ground, a 4.5-acre historical Quaker site on Germantown Avenue in North Philadelphia hosted its Community Summer Festival on Saturday afternoon.
The event featured music, food, giveaways and, among other things, pony rides on the site listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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