Pennsylvania Icons: State Treasures Telling the Story of the Commonwealth

Posted by Bradley Smith on Apr 19, 2016 in | Comments Off on Pennsylvania Icons: State Treasures Telling the Story of the Commonwealth   Pennsylvania Icons is a landmark exhibition at The State Museum of Pennsylvania that tells the story of the commonwealth and its people, places, industries, creations and events with more than 400 artifacts and specimens from the museum’s collection. The State Museum contains the largest and most comprehensive Pennsylvania history collection in the world, with a diverse array of objects...
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Introduction: Remembering the Civil War in Pennsylvania

Posted by Andrew Masich on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Introduction: Remembering the Civil War in Pennsylvania The American Civil War remains one of the most written about, read about, and wondered about conflicts in history. The enormity of the calamity that tore the nation apart less than a century after its founders imagined a new form of democratic republic is still difficult for us to fathom. Recent scholarship puts the death total at 700,000 or more — greater than all other American wars combined —...
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