History

Here’s a look at some of the volunteer opportunities in Philadelphia, from neighborhood cleanups and printmaking workshops to park and creek restoration efforts.

A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864.

The future museum of the musical theater writer in Doylestown gets a second infusion of state money.

The curator of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection spoke about the importance of the collection and its significant milestone.

WHYY’s Dave Davies reflects on the 1985’s MOVE bombing commission and some of his favorite Fresh Air interviews with Jerry Seinfeld, Nicolas Cage, Maggie Smith and more.

In Mexico, Guatemala and other parts of Latin America, Las Posadas are nightly celebrations in the nine days leading up to Christmas Day.

Moravian missionaries named the Pennsylvania city of Bethlehem after the biblical birthplace of Jesus on Christmas Eve in 1741.

After appearing on “Antiques Roadshow,” descendants of a Revolutionary soldier have donated artifacts to the Museum of the American Revolution.

The monument at a former boarding school site in Carlisle, Pa., commemorates tribes whose children were forced to attend the school and similar abusive institutions.

Russell Williams, 67, served 41 years in prison. It's the latest review of whether police offered to arrange sexual liaisons for witnesses in exchange for false testimony.

Victims of the 1985 MOVE bombing accuse museum officials of not being forthcoming about turning over remains of their family members.

The Continental Army’s advance across the river into New Jersey was a turning point in the Revolutionary War.

Rebecca Davis explores the 400-year tension between sex, sexual identity and prudery in America and how it explains some of today’s political conflicts.

The collection at Temple University honors the legacy of one of America’s foremost historians and collectors of artifacts on the global Black experience.

Gathered with the president and his wife, Jill, were survivors, family members and advocates to memorialize the lives lost to the epidemic.