The Pennsylvania Hospital

Philadelphia has an amazing history, and bits of it sort of lurk around every corner, waiting to leap out at you. Today we visited the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Hospital was the nation’s first hospital, founded in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond ‘to care for the sick-poor and insane who were [...]

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Delaware

I visited Delaware a few times when I lived in Pennsylvania. There are a lot of scenic places there. I’ve been to Rehoboth beach; it is a beautiful place. The more I think about it, the more I’m looking forward to moving. We are going to try to save enough money to move in early [...]

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Jack Johnson

Saw a fabulous documentary on PBS last night about a boxing match that took place on July 4, 1910 between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries. (I think I got the names right – I remember they’re all J’s.) I didn’t catch the whole story – only the last twenty minutes or so. Johnson was black [...]

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