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  2. Philadelphia Police Department - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia Police Department ( PPD, Philly PD, or Philly Police) is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the County and City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The PPD is one of the oldest municipal police agencies, [4] fourth-largest police force [5] and sixth-largest non-federal law enforcement agency ...

  3. Philadelphia History Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia History Museum was a public history museum located in Center City, Philadelphia from 1938 until 2018. From 1938 until 2010, the museum was known as the Atwater Kent Museum. The museum occupied architect John Haviland 's landmark Greek Revival structure built in 1824–1826 for the Franklin Institute. [2]

  4. 1985 MOVE bombing - Wikipedia

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    The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was the destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during a standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization. Philadelphia police dropped two explosive devices from a ...

  5. Police investigating package containing 2 preserved fetuses ...

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    The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating the source of a package containing two preserved fetuses in glass jars sent to the city's medical and science Mütter Museum.

  6. MOVE (Philadelphia organization) - Wikipedia

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    African Americans. MOVE (pronounced like the word "move"), originally the Christian Movement for Life, is a communal organization that advocates for nature laws and natural living, founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart). The name, styled in all capital letters, is not an acronym.

  7. List of museums in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Focuses on Swedish contributions to history, art, architecture, music, science and technology. Arthur Ross Gallery. West Philadelphia. Art. Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania. Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Center City. Art. Museum of American fine and decorative arts, exhibits about architecture and design history.

  8. Inquirer Building - Wikipedia

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    The building is the new headquarters of the Philadelphia Police Department, the 6th and 9th Police Districts, and the Medical Examiner's Office. History 20th century A sign for The Philadelphia Inquirer over the building's entrance in 2006 The building's tower as seen from Vine Street near Logan Circle in 2013

  9. History of Irish Americans in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia's Irish population have left their mark in a number of ways. Traditionally, the Philadelphia Police Department and Philadelphia Fire Department have always had a large Irish American influence. Many neighborhoods, such as Kensington and Fishtown of Northeast Philadelphia, and Pennsport of South Philadelphia are still heavily Irish.

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