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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D55_dr-constantine-hering_Philadelphia-PA.html
Dr. Constantine Hering. Cofounder of the first medical society and first homeopathic medical school in the US. Hering discovered major medicines and authored definitive texts on homeopathy. He advanced the art of healing through research and educa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2APK_sarah-josepha-hale_Philadelphia-PA.html
One of America's first woman editors. Hale greatly increased subscriptions to Godey's Lady's Book in her four decades as editor. She successfully promoted a national Thanksgiving Day to President Lincoln. The author and women's rights advocate liv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM221H_thomas-ustick-walter-1804-1887_Philadelphia-PA.html
Nationally prominent Philadelphia architect who designed the US Capitol dome and wings and Girard College. He was consulting architect for Philadelphia's City Hall. A founder of the American Institute of Architects, he served as its president. Wal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM218T_the-great-world-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Philadelphia-PA.html
This tablet is erected by grateful citizens in honor of the men who offered the supreme sacrifice and of the women who forever glorified womanhood and made victory possible in the Great World War for the Freedom of Mankind
Not for a transient vic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM218S_center-square_Philadelphia-PA.html
The site of this City Hall was originally Center Square, one of the five squares given by William Penn to the city when he founded Philadelphia. During the Revolution, regiments of Patriots drilled here. In September 1781, Comte de Rochambeau, Com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM218R_declaration-of-independence-signators_Philadelphia-PA.html
To the memory of five of its members
James Wilson
Thomas McKean
George Ross
John Witherspoon
Philip Livingston
who signed the Declaration
of Independence in 1776
The St. Andrew's Society
of Philadelphia
organized in 1747
dedicated this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM218Q_philadelphia-fire-department-memorial_Philadelphia-PA.html
10 memorial markers are dedicated to the members of the Philadelphia Fire Department who died as a result of the Charles W. Berg Laboratories explosion on October 28, 1954.
In memory of
Deputy Chief Thomas A. Kline (October 28)
Battalion Chie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2171_john-wanamaker_Philadelphia-PA.html
A pioneer in modern marketing and advertising, John Wanamaker (1838-1922) founded the nearby emporium that bore his name for more than a century. At Wanamaker's, one of the earliest department stores in the nation, he created and popularized the m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2170_brigadier-general-smedley-d-butler_Philadelphia-PA.html
Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler
United States Marine Corps
Director of Public Safety
Philadelphia
January 7, 1924
December 23, 1925
He enforced the law impartially
He defended it courageously
He proved incorruptible
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM216Y_national-historic-civil-engineering-landmark_Philadelphia-PA.html
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
Since its completion 30 years after construction began in 1871, City Hall has dominated the center city Philadelphia skyline. At Penn Square, the building is still the world's tallest masonry load bear…