History

Local artist Maisha Sullivan-Ongoza created the kinara and says she’s elated that the city has finally added the symbol central to Kwanzaa.

From the cultivation of poinsettias in Bartram’s Garden to the first public menorah lighting on Independence Mall, Philly has earned its spot in holiday history.

A monument to Confederate soldiers erected at Arlington National Cemetery with congressional approval in 1914 will be removed this week in response to another act of Congress.

The 1974 ordination of the “Philadelphia Eleven” defied centuries of tradition and was initially rejected by church officials.

Eyewitnesses and Philly sports writers say that the infamous Santa snowball barrage was misrepresented in the national media.

Americans love mail-in test kits that promise to track down relatives and pin our family origins around the globe. But, what about data privacy and dark generational secrets?

The ink is dry on a deal to buy the musical theater giant’s property in Doylestown, Pa., to turn it into a museum and education center.

Baker says the disparity in resources between the wealthiest schools and other D-I members is standing in the way of reforming college athletics.

What was once the the St. Mary by-the-Sea Retreat House now focuses on the migration of different species, including monarch butterflies.

This year, the nativity scene has turned 800 years old. Glencairn Museum samples their endless variety.

Korean artist Inhwan Oh memorializes three dozen places that catered to Philadelphia’s queer community but no longer exist.

The 1978 protest brought thousands to The Gallery Mall, which lacked Black-owned businesses and usurped potential affordable housing funding.

The neon signage had become something of a landmark. Developers haven’t yet said what they plan to do with the 1950s relic.

The “Legacy Reclaimed” salon highlighted the discovery of shared history by a trio of artmakers who’d never before worked together.

When the phasmatrope was first demonstrated at the Academy of Music, local papers hailed it as the first of its kind.