2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (433+ words) According to CBS News Philadelphia, families across Pennsylvania and New Jersey gathered Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, sharing accounts of survival and loss. The attacks killed 2,977 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (464+ words) Philadelphia's role as a destination for freedom-seekers during the Civil War era shaped one of the most recognizable characters in American toy history. As CBS Philadelphia reported, Addy Walker, the American Girl company's first African American doll, was built around…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (582+ words) By 1975, the remains of 446 people had been interred at the site. Five of the bodies buried that year were children whose families could not afford the $1,500 to $1,800 undertaker’s fees. The medical examiner’s office doubled up 16 bodies in fiberboard coffins to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (267+ words) The Woodlands, a 54-acre historic cemetery in University City, has become a thriving community green space that draws more than 150,000 visitors a year, a Billy Penn city guide reported. Originally part of William Hamilton’s 600-acre estate on the west banks…...