When commuters on the R5 SEPTA train that connects suburban Chester County to Philadelphia approach Malvern station, they might spot a square stone monument on the right side in a clearing surrounded ...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO — On February 20, 1849 the first train arrived in Brattleboro, traveling over the newly built Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad. The ...
EAST WHITELAND >> The next time you ride a train along the Main Line west of the Malvern Station, you might just be crossing the largest mass murder site in Pennsylvania history. Some of the 57 Irish ...
When commuters ride the train in the northwest suburbs of Philadelphia, most don't know they are passing within a stone's throw of a mass grave. Historians are excavating what could be the remains of ...
If you read old newspapers it quickly becomes apparent that the name “New England” was more than just a moniker for a group of Northeastern states. The “we” that is written about in New England ...
Feeley family's tale of hunger, oppression and seeking a better life resonates in America, 2018. Baltimore, MD, boasts a proud Irish heritage and an active cadre of community champions molding that ...
From the mid-1840s through the start of the Civil War, tens of thousands of immigrants arrived at U. S. ports, joining the established Irish-American population. By the time of war, an estimated 1.6 ...
Registration is now open for two upcoming Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians (LAOH) webinars: "Colorado Irish Miners Memorial" and "Baltimore's Irish and the Building of America's First Railroad". The ...
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