History

As a businessman who needed to support his family, photographer Hugh Mangum didn't discriminate between clientele.

The museum will include a permanent exhibit on Harriet Tubman, who spent time in Cape May during the 1850s raising money for helping slaves escape from the South.

Both are enthralled that church bells seized by the U.S. have been returned to the Philippines after 117 years.

More than four millennia after being chiseled by Egyptian artisans, the intricate hieroglyphics and stone carvings of an ancient tomb have been uncovered.

Mention the Philadelphia Eagles and last year's Super Bowl win comes to mind. But so does that time fans booed and pelted Santa Claus with snow balls.

The convenience store chain known for "super" Wawa's in the suburbs opens its largest store steps away from the Liberty Bell.

Delaware officials say it will further protect the state’s only Revolutionary War battlefield.

Radical porcelain: the Museum of the American Revolution will host a workshop to demonstrate the uses of ceramics toward political ends.

Pennsylvania's commemoration ceremony is just one of many held annually around the country.

The Philadelphia records archive has moved to a new building with a virtual reality redlining mural.

As war casualties mounted, several draft board raids occurred throughout the country. But the Camden 28 case was the only one where all defendants were acquitted.

Some Philly activists praise Bush for ADA, others say he failed in face of AIDS epidemic.

Guests: Joe Watkins, Jeet Heer, John Meacham Over the weekend, President George Herbert Walker Bush died at the ...

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Geoff Gordon, Live Nation regional president who heads the team that will manage The Met on Philly's North Broad Street.

Why a western Pa. company that's become a major player in the global tear gas trade is also embroiled in a legal battle with neighbors of its manufacturing facilities.