History

“The Ministry of Awe” will be an immersive art experience in Old City, opening in a former bank building March 14.

“The First Salute,” opening in April, will tell the story of a tiny, largely Jewish island that played a key role in the Revolutionary War.

The musical theater composer stopped in Wilmington during the “Phantom of the Opera” revival tour to talk about Victorian-era paintings.

Mike Purzycki used his office to put Gibraltar in the city’s hands and get state money to stabilize it. Now his foundation wants the property.

The latest round of exhumations of Native American students from a cemetery at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School resulted in the remains of 17 being repatriated.

Cheney led the armed forces as defense chief during the Persian Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush before returning to public life as VP under his son, George W. Bush.

With help from Penn State’s Center for Black Digital Research, the mural draws attention to the activism of 19th-century Black women.

The new Maguire Hall is a 173-year-old industrialist’s mansion converted into a showcase of Philadelphia artists.

The 1995 march in the nation’s capital called on Black men to unite to work toward social and civic change.

Each week, the city’s history of innovations — from Mother’s Day to ice cream sodas — will be highlighted as part of the nation’s semiquincentennial celebrations.

Chesco250 said “the content originated from an intern unaware of Jefferson Davis’ role in American history and was posted through an automated process.”

A new nonprofit created by descendants of the jazz legend will take over stewardship of the future Philadelphia cultural space.

Georgetown University professor Maurice Jackson hopes to spark discussion at Monday’s event.

The parade of mostly marching bands was part of the weeklong Homecoming 250 commemoration.

Colonists’ loyalties were split during the Revolutionary War, as shown in the Battle of Brandywine.