History

The "hero of Cologne" was denied the award nearly 75 years ago "over a stick of gum," according to author Adam Makos.

Philly is home to two of the oldest carillons in North America, but these one-of-a-kind bell instruments are “hidden in plain sight.”

Teams at Community College of Philadelphia will now be repped by a lion instead of “Colonial Phil.”

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with filmmaker Ken Burns about his latest PBS documentary, Country Music.

People waited in line outside Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia to receive a free Halloween tattoo on Friday the 13th.

A guide to Philadelphia’s “Green Book” sites in South Philly and Center City that highlight the area’s black history during the Jim Crow era.

There’s no celebration at the end of this run. After running 243 miles from the Pentagon to Ground Zero in three days, it’s a sobering finish line for the 9/11 Promise Run.

Before it was docked on the Delaware, 115-year-old vessel sailed all over the world.

The house in Philadelphia where Coltrane lived with her from 1952 to 1958 is now a national historic landmark.

The era of modern medicine has seen a wave of new technology and lifesaving treatments. But should we be asking tougher questions about these medical advances?

About 180 children died at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Over 100 years later, tribes are reclaiming their bodies and bringing them home.

Some 20K Brits signed petitions against a proposed “bell-themed boutique hotel.”

It's been 400 years since the first enslaved Africans were brought to Virginia. But don't call this month an "anniversary."

The famous contralto made a practice of amplifying black artists, especially black women artists, as seen through her collaborations with composer Florence B. Price.

Born on the water in Philadelphia, the Slinky was developed by one of the first great women of the American toy industry.