The History of the Kensington Burial Ground, Palmer Cemetery
Author: Dennis J. Shane
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13:
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Palmer Cemetery and the Historic Burial Grounds of Kensington & Fishtown
Author: Kenneth W. Milano
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 2011-07
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9781540205834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt the heart of Fishtown is the final resting place of generations of Kensington and Fishtown residents. Founded prior to 1748, Palmer Cemetery is one of the oldest in Philadelphia. Interred here and in Hanover Street and West Street Burial Grounds are soldiers from every war fought by colonists and then Americans, from the French and Indian War until Desert Storm. The fishing and shipbuilding families who built the neighborhood, victims of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the ancestors of the Shibe family, the owners of the Philadelphia Athletics, are also buried in these plots. Kenneth W. Milano walks the cemetery paths and reveals the secrets the stones keep with Palmer Cemetery and the Historic Burial Grounds of Kensington & Fishtown.
The History of the Kensington Soup Society
Author: Kenneth W. Milano
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2009-02-01
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 1625843291
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the frigid winter months of 1876-77, more than twenty-seven thousand people called on the Kensington Soup Society. The society had come a long way from its humble beginnings in 1844. By World War I, however, the need for charitable soup organizations had begun its rapid decline. Facing financial crunches and internal turmoil, the society struggled to keep the doors of its soup house open. Other soup kitchens in the area closed; the Kensington Soup Society became the last of its kind. From the society's birth to its place in today's world, Kenneth W. Milano dives deep into the soul of the Kensington Soup Society.
Hidden History of Kensington and Fishtown
Author: Kenneth W. Milano
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2010-11-29
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1614236372
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe docks and alleys of Philadelphia's riverward neighborhoods teem with forgotten stories and strange histories. In the overlooked corners of Kensington and Fishtown are the launching of the Industrial Revolution, the bizarre double suicide of the Rusk twins and the violent Cramp Shipyard strike. With a collection of his "The Rest Is History" columns from the Fishtown Star, local historian Kenneth Milano chronicles little-known tales from the Speakeasy War of 1890 to stories of seldom-recognized hometown hero Eddie Stanky, who went on to play for the 1951 New York Giants. Join Milano as he journeys into the secret history of two of the city's oldest neighborhoods.
Remembering Kensington & Fishtown
Author: Kenneth W. Milano
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2008-05-01
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 162584347X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Native Americans called it shackamaxon, the place where the chiefs meet, but Kensington soon became a meeting place of a different kind. Ideologies and demagogues, industry and entrepreneurs all came together in Kensington and Fishtown. Kensington was the epicenter of the American vegetarian movement, and a decade later the area's shipyards gave birth to the U.S. Navy's first submarine. In Kensington & Fishtown, native son Kenneth W. Milano presents a collection of fascinating and diverse articles from his column The Rest is History. Relive the golden age of Kensington and Fishtown as you learn about learn about their fascinating pasts.
Governor's Houses and State Houses of British Colonial America, 1607-1783
Author: Hoke P. Kimball
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2017-05-11
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 0786470518
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive survey of British colonial governors' houses and buildings used as state houses or capitols in the North American colonies begins with the founding of the Virginia Colony and ends with American independence. In addition to the 13 colonies that became the United States in 1783, the study includes three colonies in present-day Florida and Canada--East Florida, West Florida and the Province of Quebec--obtained by Great Britain after the French and Indian War.
Philadelphia Graveyards and Cemeteries
Author: Thomas H. Keels
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780738512297
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhiladelphia, the birthplace of America, is the final resting place of some of the nation's greatest citizens. The burial grounds of Christ Church hold the remains of Benjamin Franklin and six other signers of the Declaration of Independence. Philadelphia pioneered the development of the rural cemetery with the establishment of Laurel Hill, eternal home to Gettysburg hero George Gordon Meade and thirty-nine other Civil War-era generals. In Philadelphia's Jewish, Catholic, and African American burial grounds rest such notable figures as Rebecca Gratz, model for the Jewish heroine of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe; John Barry, Catholic father of the U.S. Navy; and Octavius Catto, an African American civil-rights leader of the nineteenth century. Finally, there are the vanished cemeteries, such as Monument, Lafayette, and Franklin. Transformed into playgrounds and parking lots, these cemeteries were obliterated with sometimes horrific callousness. Philadelphia Graveyards and Cemeteries tells the intriguing history of these burial grounds, whether revered or long forgotten.
Vaughan Shipwrights of Kensington, Philadelphia
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Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGriffith Vaughan (d.1781) married Elizabeth Norris in 1756 in Philadelphia; both were Quakers. Griffith was a shipwright, and was probably the son of William Griffith of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and elsewhere.
Palmer Cemetery and the Historic Burial Grounds of Kensington & Fishtown
Author: Kenneth W. Milano
Publisher: Landmarks
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781609492427
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt the heart of Fishtown is the final resting place of generations of Kensington and Fishtown residents. Founded prior to 1748, Palmer Cemetery is one of the oldest in Philadelphia. Interred here and in Hanover Street and West Street Burial Grounds are soldiers from every war fought by colonists and then Americans, from the French and Indian War until Desert Storm. The fishing and shipbuilding families who built the neighborhood, victims of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the ancestors of the Shibe family, the owners of the Philadelphia Athletics, are also buried in these plots. Kenneth W. Milano walks the cemetery paths and reveals the secrets the stones keep with Palmer Cemetery and the Historic Burial Grounds of Kensington & Fishtown.
