“Franz Kline in Coal Country” is the first biography to examine Kline’s formative years in Lehighton, Philadelphia, Boston, and London, before he became a founding member of the New York School, the ragtag group who stole the art world away from Paris after WWII. This book, according to Kline’s sister, Dr. Louise Kline-Kelly, sets the […]
This Week: PA, November 16, 2020
Join us for the next This Week: PA episode on November 16, LIVE at 9:30 am are: Stephen Caruso, reporter with the Pennsylvania Capital-Star will be joining us via Zoom, as well as Sen. Vincent Hughes D-Montgomery and Philadelphia; and
“Jefferson, Madison, and the Making of the Constitution”
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, and James Madison, “Father of the Constitution,” were two of the most important Founders of the United States as well as the closest of political allies. Yet historians have often seen a tension between the idealistic rhetoric of the Declaration and the more pedestrian language of the […]
PA Press Club with Sen. Katie Muth
PA Press Club with Sen. Katie Muth. Watch more PA Politics and Policy on cable and the PCN Select Streaming Service.
“The Disaffected”
Elizabeth and Henry Drinker of Philadelphia were no friends of the American Revolution. Yet neither were they its enemies. The Drinkers were a merchant family who, being Quakers and pacifists, shunned commitments to both the Revolutionaries and the British. They strove to endure the war uninvolved and unscathed. They failed. In 1777, the war came […]
“Too Much For Human Endurance”
The bloodstains are gone, but the worn floorboards remain. The doctors, nurses, and patients who toiled and suffered and ached for home at the Army of the Potomac’s XI Corps hospital at the George Spangler Farm in Gettysburg have long since departed. Happily, though, their stories remain, and noted journalist and George Spangler Farm expert […]
It’s History!: Old Economy Village
This week on It’s History! we travel to Old Economy Village in Ambridge, PA. We learn about the history of the Harmonist Society by exploring the historic village they built in the 1820’s. The Harmonists emigrated from Germany seeking religious and economic freedom and gained world recognition for their devotion and prosperity in western PA. […]
“War, Memory, and the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion”
In the summer of 1913, thousands of veterans of the battle of Gettysburg returned to the battlefield. Most were revisiting a time and place in their personal history that involved acute physical and emotional trauma. Contrary to popular belief, veterans were not motivated to attend by a desire for reconciliation, nor did the Great Reunion […]
PA Press Club with U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans
PA Press Club with U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans. Watch more PA Politics and Policy on cable and the PCN Select Streaming Service.
It’s History!: Rebecca B. Hadden Stone House Museum
Join It’s History! as we explore the history of Saltsburg, PA with the Rebecca B. Hadden Stone House Museum. Located in a historic stone house, the museum is operated by the Saltsburg Area Historical Society. The museum details how the area grew from first settlement, to a canal and railroad stop, to a regional trade […]
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