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A Quaker Epistle: Pacifism and the American Revolution

Posted by Richard Saylor on Jan 14, 2026 in | Comments Off A 1775 document preserved in the Pennsylvania State Archives, “An Epistle from the Meeting for Sufferings,” offers insight into the beliefs, practices and morals of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, during the great social upheaval of the Revolutionary War period. The Meeting for Sufferings was a standing committee that addressed matters concerning the wider Quaker community during times of...
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Editor’s Letter

Posted by Kyle Weaver on Jan 14, 2026 in | Comments Off With this edition of Pennsylvania Heritage, we begin our commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the year of American independence. In the coming months, the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission and its Trails of History sites will be offering an array of related programs, exhibitions and events that you’ll hear about in these pages. This winter, The State Museum of Pennsylvania...
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From the Executive Director

Posted by Andrea Lowery on Jan 14, 2026 in | Comments Off At the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, our mission is to help Pennsylvanians discover and use history in ways that are relevant to their lives. We are always looking to engage with new audiences, and we try to reach Pennsylvanians through a variety of channels. In recent months, we have developed several new programs for outreach. In September, we partnered with Indiana...
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Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 1

Posted by John Wood on Dec 1, 2025 in | Comments Off In his 1953 United Nations “Atoms for Peace” speech President Dwight D. Eisenhower set the stage for commercial nuclear power generation in America. Within 10 years of the speech nearly 20 commercial nuclear reactors were under construction. The world’s first large-scale nuclear power plant began operating in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, on December 2, 1957. The following year the Philadelphia...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter – Fall 2025

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Dec 1, 2025 in | Comments Off Topics in the Fall 2025 Newsletter: PHF Scholarship Fund Awards Selected PHF Welcomes New President Markosky PHF Recognizes President Fisher’s Service PHF Announces New Board Member Join Us on a Bucks County Adventure Fall-20250-PHF-Newsletter...
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Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum 50

Posted by Chester Kulesa on Dec 1, 2025 in | Comments Off Anthracite, the highest rank of coal, is almost pure carbon. It has few impurities and burns hot with little smoke. In the 19th century, anthracite, also known as hard coal, powered America’s industrial revolution in ironmaking, manufacturing and steam production and created the need for its transportation to market by canals and gravity and steam railroads. Anthracite was welcomed by...
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The Eighth Community Initiative Awards

Posted by Shelby Splain on Dec 1, 2025 in | Comments Off Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) announced the winners of its Community Initiative Awards acknowledging accomplishments made in 2024. The Community Initiative Awards program recognizes the hard work and dedication of outstanding organizations, municipalities, agencies and individuals that advance and expand the definition of historic preservation...
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Philadelphia Cream Cheese: The Pennsylvania Story

Posted by Emma Leuschner on Dec 1, 2025 in | Comments Off Whether smeared on a bagel, baked into cheesecake, or stuffed in peppers, Philadelphia Cream Cheese is a popular dairy product found in kitchens across the United States and throughout the world. Various sources note that the origin of cream cheese is not in Philadelphia but in New York State. Yet, its history is more nuanced than those common fast facts. The product has a complex history that...
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Changing Values: The Whitetail’s Challenging Existence

Posted by Joe Kosack on Dec 1, 2025 in | Comments Off Deer have lost some of the cachet they once held in Pennsylvania. Their values — ranging from ecological, aesthetical and recreational to nutritional, financial and, of course, personal — have endeared many Pennsylvanians to whitetails throughout the state’s existence, but probably never more so than during European colonization and the Great Depression — when venison helped many families...
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Carved from Our Roots: The Folk Art Sculptures of Marshall D. Rumbaugh

Posted by Patrick Donmoyer on Dec 1, 2025 in | Comments Off A steel mallet rings like the chiming of a bell, as the delicate petal of a tulip unfolds under the sculptor’s chisel from the surface of the limestone. The fluidity of his hands, the tempo of the mallet, the precision of the chisel — all seemed effortless, as a visitor to the museum asked Marshall Rumbaugh how he learned to carve stone. “Well,” he said modestly with a broad smile, “I’ve...
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