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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2105_swedish-settlements-on-the-delaware_Philadelphia-PA.html
In commemoration of the Swedish settlements on the Delaware 1638-1655
New Netherland embraced within its boundaries the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania And included lands on the West Side of the Delaware from Cape Hendopen to Trenton Falls. On the E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2104_william-mckinley_Philadelphia-PA.html
President William McKinley, who led the country during the Spanish-American War, had many fervent supporters in Philadelphia. Three days after his assassination in 1901, The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper started a drive to fund a monument. The F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZS_alexander-milne-calder_Philadelphia-PA.html
Alexander Milne Calder emigrated from Scotland in 1868 and spent twenty years creating over 250 sculptures that adorn City Hall. His bronze William Penn, installed atop the tower in 1894, is thought to be the largest sculpture on top of a building…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20YF_general-george-mcclellan-major-general-john-fulton-reynolds_Philadelphia-PA.html
General George McClellan
1891
Henry Jackson Ellicott (1847-1901)
Major General John Fulton Reynolds
1884
John Rogers (1829-1904)
In the Civil War, Philadelphia-born George McClellan trained the eastern Union army and led it through the B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20XA_matthias-william-baldwin_Philadelphia-PA.html
During Philadelphia's reign as a mighty manufacturing center, one of its industrial giants was the Baldwin Locomotive Works. A former jewelry maker, Matthias Baldwin designed the first U.S.-made steam locomotive in 1831. Before his death in 1866, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20X9_the-welsh-society_Philadelphia-PA.html
Organized March 1, 1729
Cogoniant I Dduw
Glory To God
Commemorating the Welsh contributions
to the founding of the city of Philadelphia
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and the United States of America
William Penn, 1644-1718, proclaimer …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20X8_german-tricentennial-anniversary_Philadelphia-PA.html
In Commemoration
of the
tricentennial anniversary year of German
settlement in America and of the
state visit of the President of the
Federal Republic of Germany Karl Carlstens
to the United States of America
in October 1983
Underlining th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20V1_government-of-the-people_Philadelphia-PA.html
Human figures spiral upward in Jacques Lipchitz's tribute to democracy. A family at the bottom represents the wellspring of life. At the top, a man and woman raise a shape symbolizing the banner of Philadelphia. Overall, the interweaving forms sug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20V0_philadelphia-city-hall_Philadelphia-PA.html
Philadelphia City Hall
Largest municipal building in the United states
Built 1871-1901
John Mc Arthur, Jr., architect
Born: Bladneck-on-Wigtown Bay,
Dumfrieshire, Scotland 1823
Died: Philadelphia 1890
William Struthers, mason / contractor
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20UZ_william-penn_Philadelphia-PA.html
More than 250 sculptures adorn City Hall - all designed by Alexander Milne Calder. Calder made clay models that his studio of artisans translated into bronze or stone. The crowning glory, Willian Penn, stands more than 36 feet tall and weighs over…