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To commemoratethe foundingof theLutheranPublication Societyat a meeting held inTrinityLutheran ChurchMay 1st, 1855
The Board of Publicationof theUnited Lutheran Church in America1955
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Built 1744John Wister'sBig House
The Philadelphia Societyfor thePreservation of Landmarks
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1738 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1938In commemoration of thetwo hundredth anniversaryof the founding of the Printingand Publishing House ofChristopher Sower(1683 - 1758)at 5255-5263 Germantown Ave. nearlyopposite——- · ——-The…
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President George Washington lived here in the Deshler-Morris House twice. He came here first seeking refuge from the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The "pure and healthy air" of the rural village of Germantown, six miles from Philadelphia, was saf…
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President George Washington sought refuge here from the 1793 yellow fever epidemic. The following summer, the president returned with his family to enjoy the cooler Germantown countryside.
Interactive exhibits and guided tours offer a glimpse i…
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was organized at a meeting of citizens held the 6th day of December 1759 in this building the home of Daniel Mackinett and sometimes known as the Green Tree Inn.Erected by the Undergraduates of the Germantown Academy and the Site and Relic Society…
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Erected by Private Subscription in 1775Birthplace of the Junior OrderUnited American Mechanicsby the Institution of Washington Council No 1May 17th 1853Erected by Washington Council No 1 ? Jr-O-U-A-MMay - 1910
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The Mennonites arrived in Germantown October 6, 1683. William Rittenhouse was chosen their first minister in 1688. In 1689, he drew this number 19 lot, and on it in 1891, he and his fellow members built the little log church. In 1702 he donated pa…
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Washingtonto the Presidentof Congress————————Upon the whole it may be said that the day was unfortunate rather than injurious. We sustained no material loss +++++ The enemy are nothing the better by …
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The Church of theGerman Reformed Congregationof Germantownwas erected on this site in 1733.
Here Count Zinzendorf preached his firstsermon in America December 31, 1741
Here the British Army quartered a VirginiaBattalion captured in the Batt…