History

Where did this three-day weekend come from anyway?

From a deadly factory fire to a presidential showdown with strikers, these events became central to U.S. history, the modern labor movement and the rights afforded to workers.

With a key $10 million gift, the National Museum of American Jewish History settled its overwhelming debt after an 18-month restructuring.

An exhibition inside the Fairmount Waterworks’ dilapidated underground pool explores the history of segregated swimming.

About 100 expected to participate in rally against anti-critical race theory legislation near President’s House in Center City Friday

Properly honoring South Philadelphia’s own Marian Anderson, the first Black singer to perform at the White House in 1936, will require close to $1.4 million.

Dr. Walter Freeman performed lobotomies with an ice pick through the eye socket....and other stories about doctors who do evil scientific deeds in the name of medicine.

The confidential files they stole in 1971 revealed widespread surveillance of the American public and the FBI’s infamous COINTELPRO operation.

The late entertainer who is a World War II hero in France will be the first Black woman to get the country’s highest honor.

The judge’s decision to block the removal of the statue has less to do with an underlying cultural battle around the monument and more with city protocols.

It took months to pinpoint the cause of the outbreak at the Philly hotel.

With a digital mural, Camden wants to draw history buffs for USA’s 250th birthday.

West Philadelphia residents continue to fight to keep the legacy of the Black Bottom alive. The latest push: for historical markers.

A Broadway actor who also showed up in Hollywood movies, she was saved by a comedian known as “the jolliest man in America.”

Famed opera singer Marian Anderson will soon be immortalized with a statue outside of the Academy of Music.