Executive Director’s Message

The information age has forced us all to think about information – and how we share it – in new and meaningful ways. We increasingly place a high value on information that possesses relevance to our lives and that we need to solve the problems we are facing at any given moment. History is too often dismissed as irrelevant because it deals with the past, when, in fact, the past is...
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News

Rare Discovery After their September 11, 1777, victory in the Battle of Brandywine, British General Sir William Howe and his troops captured and occupied Philadelphia. It was not long, however, before General Howe realized he faced a challenging supply problem. He was surrounded by General George Washington’s Continental Army and, more importantly, the Royal British Navy could not bring...
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