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The Southwark Historical Society serves to collect, preserve and promote the history of Southwark, a historic district located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Our mission is to educate, inform, and engage the public through collecting, preserving, and interpreting the past. The core working group of the Southwark Historical Society includes members of the Queen Village Historic Preservation Committee as well as neighbors from other civic associations. Our goal is to build and expand upon the a …
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We are dedicated to the preservation, repair, and restoration of Philadelphia's small historic streets. See list and map: HistoricCartwayInve
ntory.doc and HistoricCartwayMap.
pdf. Milner and Carr authored a special report on the 200 block of S. Jessup Street that gives a historic background to how these streets were constructed -
JessupStreetReport.pdf.
The City has a dedicated fund of $200,000 per year to repair these streets. We have been working …
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We seek to preserve, protect and restore the cemetery for past, present and future generations. We will promote the historical significance, enhance the beauty and preserve the artistic heritage of Mount Moriah Cemetery
About Us: The Antemortem Society is a group of young adults and professionals (21-35) who love all things stones and bones and care about the preservation of Laurel Hill as an important historic landmark. In cooperation with the Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery, The Antemortem Society works to preserve and promote Laurel Hill’s historic character through educational and fundraising activities, volunteer projects and social events. Activities & Events: The Antemortem Society will have a …
Do you you have a love of maps and history? Are you interested in the environment through an historical lens? Often we are taught subjects as self-contained disciplines, but in reality there are many natural forces which effect an historical event, such as plagues, landforms, climate, wind and ocean currents. This group isn't about reciting dates or capitals--we explore people, places and events and the the way the natural world has affected history and vice versa. It's really amazing stuff!
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