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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM218T_the-great-world-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Philadelphia-PA.html
This tablet is erected by grateful citizens in honor of the men who offered the supreme sacrifice and of the women who forever glorified womanhood and made victory possible in the Great World War for the Freedom of Mankind
Not for a transient vic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM218S_center-square_Philadelphia-PA.html
The site of this City Hall was originally Center Square, one of the five squares given by William Penn to the city when he founded Philadelphia. During the Revolution, regiments of Patriots drilled here. In September 1781, Comte de Rochambeau, Com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM218R_declaration-of-independence-signators_Philadelphia-PA.html
To the memory of five of its members
James Wilson
Thomas McKean
George Ross
John Witherspoon
Philip Livingston
who signed the Declaration
of Independence in 1776
The St. Andrew's Society
of Philadelphia
organized in 1747
dedicated this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM218Q_philadelphia-fire-department-memorial_Philadelphia-PA.html
10 memorial markers are dedicated to the members of the Philadelphia Fire Department who died as a result of the Charles W. Berg Laboratories explosion on October 28, 1954.
In memory of
Deputy Chief Thomas A. Kline (October 28)
Battalion Chie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2171_john-wanamaker_Philadelphia-PA.html
A pioneer in modern marketing and advertising, John Wanamaker (1838-1922) founded the nearby emporium that bore his name for more than a century. At Wanamaker's, one of the earliest department stores in the nation, he created and popularized the m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2170_brigadier-general-smedley-d-butler_Philadelphia-PA.html
Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler
United States Marine Corps
Director of Public Safety
Philadelphia
January 7, 1924
December 23, 1925
He enforced the law impartially
He defended it courageously
He proved incorruptible
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM216Y_national-historic-civil-engineering-landmark_Philadelphia-PA.html
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
Since its completion 30 years after construction began in 1871, City Hall has dominated the center city Philadelphia skyline. At Penn Square, the building is still the world's tallest masonry load bear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM216X_william-penns-prayer-for-philadelphia_Philadelphia-PA.html
William Penn's Prayer for Philadelphia
1684
"And thou, Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of this province - named before thou wert born - what love, what care, what service and what travail, there have been to bring thee forth and to pres…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM210M_john-christian-bullitt_Philadelphia-PA.html
An attorney and civic leader, John Christian Bullitt drafted the "Bullitt Bill" on 1885, a government-reform measure that became Philadelphia's City Charter two years later. He also erected the city's first modern office building, which …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2107_dutch-settlements-on-the-delaware_Philadelphia-PA.html
In commemoration of the Dutch settlements on the Delaware 1626-1664
The territory was occupied by the Dutch West India Company and known as New Netherland
Extended from the Capes of the Delaware to the Connecticut River and Embraced within its b…