History

Historic Philadelphia has hired more performers to populate Old City for the semiquincentennial.

With the slavery exhibit back at Philadelphia’s President’s House, we spoke with Pulitzer winner Nikole Hannah-Jones on why this fight is about more than erased history.

“Burlington County Joins the Revolution” features artifacts, including a letter demanding payment from the British for chickens and razors.

Chief White Eyes toggled between British and American leadership to secure land for the Lenape.

Workers began restoring the exhibit Thursday after a judge’s order to return, despite a Trump administration appeal.

“This is the American people fighting back and saying we will not accept this,” said one Independence Mall visitor. “Will not allow history to be rewritten.”

University leaders say removing the anti-racism research for months was a mistake. Students and researchers say it eroded academic freedom and institutional trust.

The Trump administration said Tuesday it plans to appeal the judge's earlier ruling ordering the park service to restore the exhibit.

Caroline Rebecca LeCount fought hard to desegregate Philly’s public transit. More than 150 years later, the agency continues to celebrate her legacy.

A federal judge on Monday ordered that an exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington must be restored at his former home in Philadelphia.

A Department of the Interior spokesperson said they “disagreed” with the decision. Meanwhile, Mayor Cherelle Parker said she was “thrilled.”

Fellow civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton said his mentor “was not simply a civil rights leader; he was a movement unto himself.”

As the semiquincentennial nears, Philadelphia’s cultural institutions are examining the country’s founding through the lens of local Black history.

The judge, a President George W. Bush appointee, likened the administration’s rationale for removing the panels to the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s novel "1984."

We’re talking about France's role in America’s quest for independence, and the impact of one of George Washington’s right-hand-men: the Marquis de Lafayette.