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Fall Lecture Series at Old Barracks Museum: Explore Germantown and Jefferson’s Daughters

Learn about the exciting history that helped to shape our state and nation. Attend our Fall Lecture Series to hear from highly respected historians and authors as they share and discuss their books. October 10th: Michael C. Harris “Germantown” Fall Lecture “Germantown,” now a busy neighborhood in Philadelphia, was the site of one of the […]

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