It's Still Barely Columbus Day In Lower MerionUpdate 2023 The Lower Merion Township website still has a few vestigial references to Columbus Day and still makes no reference to Indigenous Peoples Day. The Post Office is still closed for Columbus Day. On the Lower Merion School District Website, there is no mention of Columbus Day. There are references there to Indigenous … [Read more...] about It’s Still Columbus Day In Lower Merion
History
Owned By Villanova, MLK’s Notes For ‘I Have A Dream’ Are Now On Display At Smithsonian
In 1963, Martin Luther King gave the notes for his "I Have A Dream" speech to Villanova Basketball Ball star and coach, George Raveling. Raveling donated the notes to the University and the school is lending them to The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). According to the Smithsonian's website - The museum will showcase the artifact … [Read more...] about Owned By Villanova, MLK’s Notes For ‘I Have A Dream’ Are Now On Display At Smithsonian
When Freshmen Wore Beanies
Welcome @VillanovaU First Year Students! University Archives takes it back to Freshman Orientation of yesteryear https://t.co/wmQ2TbR0Qn pic.twitter.com/V0Un66jR9y— Villanova Digital Library (@VillanovaDigLib) August 24, 2021 Villanova Library has a nice retrospective of the school's freshman orientations, with cool archive photos from yearbooks dating from 1931 … [Read more...] about When Freshmen Wore Beanies
The Magazine Article That Turned West Manayunk Into Belmont Hills
If the April 1950 Issue of Holiday Magazine had never been published, there's more than just a slight possibility that the Lower Merion community of Belmont Hills might still be called West Manayunk. But there was an April issue of Holiday Magazine, and it triggered an uproar on The Hill.Holiday Magazine was created in 1946 by the Philadelphia-based … [Read more...] about The Magazine Article That Turned West Manayunk Into Belmont Hills
August 18 Is The 101th Anniversary Of Women’s Suffrage – A Local Perspective
August 18 Is The 101st Anniversary Of Women’s Suffrage A Local Perspective Women won the right to vote everywhere in the United States, when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment. It happened on August 18, 1920. At that time, in 27 of the 48 states (Pennsylvania was not among them), women were already able to vote. Passage of what was known … [Read more...] about August 18 Is The 101th Anniversary Of Women’s Suffrage – A Local Perspective