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Independence Mall State Park was created in the 1950s with the intention that the land would eventually be turned over to the NPS. Funded by 40-year state bonds, its construction was a joint venture between Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia and was overseen by Edmund Bacon, director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. Many ...
The unveiling of the statue was done by one of Barry's descendants. The bronze statue of Barry is located on the western edge of Franklin Square in downtown Washington, D.C. Barry is portrayed wearing a military uniform while his right hand is holding scrolls and resting on a sword. The female allegorical statue on the front of the pedestal ...
Photos from across the country of Fourth of July events and parades marking 248 years since the Declaration of Independence.
Fourth of July Celebration in Centre Square is an oil-on-canvas genre painting by John Lewis Krimmel (1786–1821). The painting was first exhibited in Philadelphia in 1812 and was purchased by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1845. It depicts a diverse crowd of Philadelphia's citizens mingling in the public square.
It is the oldest park in the borough. It was renamed for Commodore Barry in 1951, due to its location next to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which Barry helped found. A large statue of Barry stands directly in front of the formal entrance to Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Four U.S. Navy ships. USS Barry (1902–1920)
McCormick’s account on social platform X shared a clip from a local Mississippi news station reporting on a shooting that police said was carried out by an alleged gang member from El Salvador ...
This is a list of public artworks in Philadelphia. The Association for Public Art estimates the city has hundreds of public artworks; [1] the Smithsonian lists more than 700. [2] Since 1959 nearly 400 works of public art have been created as part of the city's Percent for Art program, the first such program in the U.S. [3]