History

A Philadelphia couple with an interest in food history explore different cultures through traditional recipes.

Guest: Jon Meacham Presidential historian JON MEACHAM j ...

The Octavian was sunk by a German U-boat during World War II.

Guests: Kathleen Brown, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Kenyatta Johnson In 2016, several major universities founded in t ...

Mark Bramble is a Broadway author and producer best known for '42nd Street' and 'Barnum. A portion of his mother's tea caddy collection is on display now in historic Odessa.

Guitars in all shapes, sizes and colors, including ones played by Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Slash, are there, too.

Penn Museum's iconic, 3,200-year-old Egyptian sphinx will disappear for several years, starting Monday, while its gallery undergoes renovations.

This week, NPR inaugurates a new series called American Anthem, exploring songs that tap into the collective emotions of listeners and performers around an issue or belief.

Guests: Edward Ayers Most histories of the civil war focus on the decisive battles, the military leaders, the bat ...

Visitors to the Penn Museum with visual impairments will be able to touch actual artifacts, including a 13-ton Egyptian sphinx.

John James of Southwest Philadelphia, now 98, completed officer training in 1942, but he was denied his rightfully earned bars because he is black.

Starting Monday, the Philadelphia History Museum will shut its doors after partnership talks with Temple University abruptly end.

Vietnam vets gather in Center City to share contributions to a new anthology of poetry about the scars of war.

More than 5 million soldiers and civilians died during the conflict, including more than 600 from the Philadelphia region.

The rhythm of African drums swelled on Saturday during the annual Juneteenth parade, commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery on June 19, 1865.