The Watering of Philadelphia

Posted by on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on The Watering of Philadelphia In the glory days of the early republic, the Fairmount Water Works was one Philadelphia’s most famous landmarks: a marvel of engineering, scenic beauty, stylish design, and civic mindedness. It was built for the most practical of purposes – to provide a clean and plentiful supply of that most essential elixir: fresh water. Today, Philadelphian’s are blessed with one of the best...
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Making Peace on the Gettysburg Battlefield, Fifty Years Later

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Making Peace on the Gettysburg Battlefield, Fifty Years Later For six frenetic days in 1913, from Sunday, June 29, through Saturday, July 4, two armies – fifty-four thousand strong combined – invaded Gettysburg for a second time. They fought the first time a half century earlier, July 1-3, 1863, and were looking forward, admittedly many anxiously, to facing each other again. It wasn’t a fight they anticipated at the second meeting,...
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