Growing Bigger and Better Year by Year

At noon on Saturday, November 24, 1827, fifty-three prominent Philadelphians gathered at the old Franklin Institute, then located on Seventh Street, in response to a newspaper advertisement calling for the formation of an organization devoted to the “highly instructive and interesting science” of horticulture. Since that inaugural meeting – nearly one hundred and seventy-five...
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Letters to the Editor

A Day to Remember I really enjoyed the article “The Day I Met Albert Einstein” by Stephen Moylan MacĀ­Neill [“Pennsylvania Memories,” Spring 2001]. I thought it was very interesting that Albert Einstein came to Pennsylvania and visited the Franklin Institute after he moved from Nazi Germany. Mr. MacNeill had a great privilege to meet Mr. Einstein. I am twelve years old,...
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