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It’s History | Christian Sanderson Museum 

Christian Sanderson was a historian, teacher, and passionate collector whose vast array of historical artifacts is preserved at the Christian C. Sanderson Museum in Chadds Ford, PA. Dedicated to his lifelong love of history, the museum showcases exhibits filled with the memorabilia and treasures he gathered, offering a unique glimpse into the past through his […]

PA Books: “On a Great Battlefield” with Jennifer Murray (2024)

Of the more than seventy sites associated with the Civil War era that the National Park Service manages, none hold more national appeal and recognition than Gettysburg National Military Park. Welcoming more than one million visitors annually from across the world, the National Park Service at Gettysburg holds the enormous responsibility of preserving the war’s […]

PA Books: “The Soul of Pittsburgh” with Ed Simon

Pittsburgh contains multitudes. The city bestows a character of contradiction, love of place and strength of community on anyone lucky to be born and raised there. A town whose rivers were once lined with belching steel mills but also hosted the world’s first major modern art exhibition is not easily defined. From the decline of […]

PA Books: “Jazz in the Hill” with Colter Harper

From the 1920s through the 1960s, Pittsburgh’s Hill District was the heart of the city’s Black cultural life and home to a vibrant jazz scene. In Jazz in the Hill: Nightlife and Narratives of a Pittsburgh Neighborhood, Colter Harper looks at how jazz shaped the neighborhood and created a way of life. Beyond backdrops for […]