Philadelphia Portal did you know? archive
2007 edit
- December
… that the Rodin Museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway contains the largest collection of sculptor Auguste Rodin's works outside Paris?
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- November
- ... that the Spiral Q Puppet Theater uses puppetry, street theatre and pageantry to promote social and political change?
- October
- ... that Greenwood Cemetery, in the Frankford section of Northeast Philadelphia, is the site of the country home of Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence?
- September
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- ... that Cookie Rojas, in his seven seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, took the role of utility player to the ultimate by playing at every position on the baseball field, including pitcher and catcher?
- August
- ... that the Franklinia tree was named for Benjamin Franklin and saved from extinction by John and William Bartram who cultivated the seeds in their garden in Philadelphia?
- July
- ... that the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot outfitted the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
- June
- ... that Olde St. Augustine Church was the first permanent establishment of the Augustine Order in the United States?
- May
- ...that Jewelers' Row in Philadelphia was the first speculative housing development in the United States, featuring that country's first row houses?
- April
- ...that the Philadelphia International Championship is one of the longest single-day bicycle races in the United States?
- March
...that St. George's United Methodist Church in Philadelphia is the oldest Methodist church in continuous use in the United States?
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- February
...that St. Joachim Roman Catholic Church was the first Roman Catholic Church founded in Northeast Philadelphia?
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- January
...that the West Philadelphia neighborhood, Garden Court was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984?
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