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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20BU_secretary-of-the-navys-office-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
The rise of the United States as a naval power began during the tenure of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert. In the late 1790s, Stoddert occupied an office at this site.During the time Stoddert was working here, Congress authorized the purch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20BT_surgeons-hall-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
On this site in the 1790s, the University of Pennsylvania operated the first medical school in America. The building housed a classroom, a chemical laboratory, and an anatomical lecture hall with a skylight.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20AK_peales-mastodon-2017_Philadelphia-PA.html
In 1801, Charles Willson Peale excavated a mastodon skeleton in upstate New York. Afterwards, he made this painting that shows how he did it. Eventually Peale displayed the skeleton in his Philadelphia Museum. In this garden, you see an artist's i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM209S_christ-church_Philadelphia-PA.html
Has been designated aRegistered NationalHistoric LandmarkUnder the provisions of theHistoric Sites Act of August 21, 1935this site possesses exceptional valuein commemorating or illustratingthe history of the United StatesU. S. Department of the I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM206S_keys-to-community_Philadelphia-PA.html
Benjamin Franklin 1706 - 1790Titled: Keys To Community,by Philadelphia sculptor James Peniston,Dedicated October 5, 2007Peniston's one-ton bronze sculpture is textured with casts of 1,000 keys collected from local schoolchildren. Its alloy c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM206O_west-wing-independence-hall_Philadelphia-PA.html
Completed in 1736 as an integral part of the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall), the West Wing provided offices and quarters for the doorkeepers of the Pennsylvania Assembly.In 1812 the West and East Wings were replaced with "modern…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM206K_the-arsenal-of-independence_Philadelphia-PA.html
Imagine this neighborhood filled with the sights, sounds, and smells of war. Philadelphia's tradesmen and women produced muskets, cannons, ammunition, wagons, ships, uniforms, and flags that helped to win American Independence.In 1775, hat maker B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM206J_philadelphia-conference_Philadelphia-PA.html
On February 23-25, 1979, about 300 activists from across the nation met at the Arch Street Meeting House to plan the seminal National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Here, leaders organized a march on October 14, 1979, that with 10…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM205P_betsy-ross-house_Philadelphia-PA.html
This house where Betsy Rossmade the first American Flagwas restored toits original colonial conditionthrough the patriotic generosityof aSon of the American RevolutionA. Atwater Kentof Philadelphiaand was rededicatedas a shrine of American Liberty…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2053_carpenters-hall_Philadelphia-PA.html
Has been designated aRegistered NationalHistoric LandmarkUnder the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935this site possesses exceptional valuein commemorating or illustratingthe history of the United StatesU. S. Department of the …