Clearly the Trump Administration wants a war. They are insistent upon MISLEADING and UNTRUTHFUL telling of history. Its time we start really protesting and shut-down Philadelphia in preparation for the semiquincentennial. Come to INHP on Saturday between 12 and 4pm as we tell the REAL HISTORY of America and the President’s House. We will continue …
Monthly Archives: June 2026
Philadelphia Pepper-Pot Stew
Philadelphia pepper pot is a colonial era stew with an interesting story. It’s said that during the winter of 1777-1778 the Continental Army was holed up at Valley Forge, and foodstuffs were hard to find. General Washington ordered cooks to throw together what ingredients they had on hand to make a stew to feed the …
David Rittenhouse wrote an almanac in 1747
David Rittenhouse had a long and varied career. He was, of course, Philadelphia’s most celebrated astronomer but he was also a clockmaker, an inventor, the treasurer of the Continental Congress, City Surveyor of Philadelphia, and founder of the US Mint. His masterful 1771 Orrery was the state of the art in teaching celestial mechanics for first half …
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Michael Carver -- Historical Interpreter/Reenactor 