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The Union League of Philadelphia was founded on November 22, 1862, as a patriotic society to support the Union and the policies of President Abraham Lincoln. [3] It laid the philosophical foundation for other Union Leagues that were later developed during the American Civil War.
South Street is a popular night time destination in Philadelphia. It is home to a number of stores, restaurants, bars, and performance venues. The Theatre of Living Arts, which is located in between Third and Fourth Streets, where the shooting took place, was hosting the band Dying Fetus.
New Philadelphia is located at , (40.720594, -76.117295), [4] approximately 70 miles (110 km) northwest of the city of Philadelphia According to the United States Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km 2 ), all land.
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1532, "Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 67 photos, 8 color transparencies, 12 measured drawings, 148 data pages, 5 photo caption pages; Masonic Temple data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It originally sat in Independence Hall in Philadelphia as the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania , and is now located at ...
Terraces on Maungawhau / Mount Eden, marking the sites of the defensive palisades and ditches of this former pā. The word pā (Māori pronunciation:; often spelled pa in English) can refer to any Māori village or defensive settlement, but often refers to hillforts – fortified settlements with palisades and defensive terraces – and also to fortified villages.
The Philadelphia campaign (1777–1778) was a British military campaign during the American Revolutionary War designed to gain control of Philadelphia, the Revolutionary-era capital where the Second Continental Congress convened and formed the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as its commander in 1775, and authored and unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence the ...
The Marine Barracks is an historic, American barracks that is located at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1]