In the final year of the American Civil War, a special Union Army post was constructed just outside Philadelphia to handle a jumble of returning citizen-soldiers. Many soldiers bore bullet wounds, broken bones, and other scars of combat. Some had lost limbs. Some were laid low by illness. Hundreds arrived half-dead as survivors of wretched […]
September 5: “William Still” with William Kashatus
In the mid-1800s, William Still was a major figure in the Underground Railroad, civil rights activism, and the abolition movement in Philadelphia. Joining us to talk about the life of William Still is Bill Kashatus. He is the author of “William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia.”
It’s History: American Swedish History Museum, Sunday, September 5th at 8:00pm
Learn about the history and culture of the Swedish people in America. From first landing in New Sweden to great innovations in engineering, art, and music, see how the swedes made their mark on American History. Watch Sunday, September 5th at 8:00pm.
PCN Profiles: Wilson Goode, Sunday, August 1 at 9:00 PM
Wilson Goode is the former Mayor of Philadelphia and the first African American to hold that position, serving from 1984 to 1992. Before his time as Mayor, Wilson was a commissioner for the Public Utility Commission (PUC), after African-American state senators complained that there were no and had not been any African-American members of the […]
PCN Profiles: Senator Vincent Fumo, Sunday, August 22 at 9:00 PM
Former State Senator Vince Fumo may have been out of the limelight for the past several years, but his impact on the state remains enormous. He served south Philadelphia as Senator for thirty years, heavily involved in a wide swath of policy and legislation. He served as the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriation committee, […]
PA Books: “Germantown” with Michael Harris
General Sir William Howe launched his campaign to capture Philadelphia in late July 1777, with an army of 16,500 British and Hessian soldiers aboard a 265-ship armada sailing from New York. Six difficult weeks later, Howe’s expedition landed near Elkton, Maryland, and moved north into Pennsylvania. Washington’s rebel army did all it could to harass […]
PA Books: “Spy Sites of Philadelphia” with Robert Wallace
Philadelphia became a battleground for spies as George Washington’s Patriot army in nearby Valley Forge struggled to survive the winter of 1776-77. In the centuries that followed ― through the Civil War, the rise of fascism and communism in the twentieth century, and today’s fight against terrorism ― the city has been home to international […]
PA Books: “Philadelphia Battlefields” with John Kromer
John Kromer’s “Philadelphia Battlefields” considers key local campaigns undertaken from 1951 to 2019 that were extraordinarily successful despite the opposition of the city’s political establishment. Kromer draws on election data and data-mapping tools that explain these upset elections as well as the social, economic, and demographic trends that influenced them to tell the story of […]
PA Books: “The Founding Fortunes” with Tom Shachtman
In “The Founding Fortunes,” historian Tom Shachtman reveals the ways in which a dozen notable Revolutionaries deeply affected the finances and birth of the new country while making and losing their fortunes. While history teaches that successful revolutions depend on participation by the common man, the establishment of a stable and independent United States first […]
PA Books: “Becoming Philadelphia” with Inga Saffron
Over the past two decades, Inga Saffron has served as the premier chronicler of the city’s physical transformation as it emerged from a half century of decline. Through her Pulitzer Prize-winning columns on architecture and urbanism in the Philadelphia Inquirer, she has tracked the city’s revival on a weekly basis. “Becoming Philadelphia” collects the best […]
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