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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5PA_tomas-garrigue-masaryk_Philadelphia-PA.html
1st President of Czechoslovakia (1918-1935). On October 26, 1918, he led a gathering of 25 delegates from 12 Central & East European nations at Independence Hall, and delivered the Declaration of Common Aims, a Declaration of Independence for thes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5P9_american-pharmaceutical-association_Philadelphia-PA.html
Professional society created Oct. 6-8, 1852, to assure quality & safe distribution of drugs. Pharmacists from eight states met in a building nearby for the founding meeting; among them was Philadelphian William Procter, Jr., "Father of American Ph…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5P7_the-presidents-house-washington-and-adams_Philadelphia-PA.html
Presidents Washington and Adams lived and worked in a house on this site from 1790 to 1800. Here they established traditions and protocols that our presidents follow to this day.The Washington YearsWashington moved into the President's House in No…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5P5_archeology-methods-and-interpretation_Philadelphia-PA.html
Uncovering HistoryHow do we learn about the lives of those who came before us? Old documents such as letters, diaries, and land deeds tell us about particular people, places and events. Yet written records do not always survive and most were produ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5NG_enslaved-africans-in-the-household-of-george-and-martha-washington_Philadelphia-PA.html
At various times during Washington's stay in Philadelphia, nine enslaved Africans were known to have lived and worked here at the President's House. They were dynamic participants in the daily life of the presidential household and the surrounding…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5NC_the-presidents-house-site-1790-1800_Philadelphia-PA.html
President George Washington called the elegant three-story brick mansion that once stood on this spot "the best single house in the city." Both Presidents Washington (1790-1797) and John Adams (1797-1800) lived and worked in this house, which was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QK_declaration-house_Philadelphia-PA.html
In 1776, while attending the Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson rented two rooms from Jacob Graff, Jr., to avoid the "excessive heats of the city." Here, in Graff's house on the outskirts of town, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3TN_cyrus-bustill_Philadelphia-PA.html
Born of white, Black and Native American descent, he bought his freedom and became a baker of bread for Revolutionary troops. A founder of the Free African Society, he later opened a school for Black children while living here.