When Lower Merion Schools Were Desegregated On the morning of August 27, 1963, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the night before, "A stormy, three-hour meeting of the Lower Merion School Board was climaxed Monday night by a 8-0 vote to close the predominantly Negro Ardmore Elementary School [Ardmore Avenue School] to speed … [Read more...] about When Lower Merion Schools Desegregated
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Quarantined Bryn Mawr College – Was An ‘Escape Community’ From The 1918 Spanish Flu
Quarantined Bryn Mawr College - Was An 'Escape Community' From The 1918 Spanish Flu On Saturday (3/28/2020) BillyPenn ran an article that described how the students and faculty at Bryn Mawr College fared so well during the 1918 Flu Pandemic, compared to other nearby communities. BillyPenn referred to a University of Michigan … [Read more...] about Quarantined Bryn Mawr College – Was An ‘Escape Community’ From The 1918 Spanish Flu
Images Of Lower Merion And Narberth In The 2010s
Images Of Lower Merion And Narberth In The 2010s 2010 Harriton "Spygate" 2011 Borders Closes 2012 Chaka Fattah Is Lower Merion's New Congressman 2012 Joe The Jeweler Opens On Montgomery Ave. - Doesn't Last Very Long 2012 Ludington Library Re-opens - Ricky Reports! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlAjmzhBxrI 2013 Aces Are State … [Read more...] about Images Of Lower Merion And Narberth In The 2010s
Milton Shapp 1976 Presidential Campaign
When Milt From Merion Ran For President Of The United States #TBT Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp's 1976 Run For The Democratic Presidential Nomination Was Not His Finest Moment Milton Shapp, who at the time lived at 626 Bowman Avenue in Merion, announced his candidacy for the Democratic Presidential Nomination on … [Read more...] about Milton Shapp 1976 Presidential Campaign
When An Amtrak Train Got Lost And Wound Up At Cynwyd Station #TBT
It's not every day that the New York Daily News has a story about something that happened at Cynwyd Station. Yes, that's our Cynwyd Station, where the trains come and go about four times a day - weekdays only. Then again, it's not every day when an Amtrak Train supposedly on its way to New York, winds up anywhere it doesn't belong, much less at Cynwyd Station. Amtrak's … [Read more...] about When An Amtrak Train Got Lost And Wound Up At Cynwyd Station #TBT