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Diwali is a festival of lights; across India people celebrate it via symbolic diyas or kandils (colorful paper lanterns) as an integral part of Diwali decorations. A kindeel is a lantern Usually made with a wooden framework and embellished with vibrant paper or cloth, a kindeel is a decorative lantern. Traditionally, during the Hindu festival ...
Philadelphia in June 1964 was the scene of the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, a 21-year-old black man from Meridian, Mississippi; Andrew Goodman, a 20-year-old Jewish anthropology student from New York City; and Michael Schwerner, a 24-year-old Jewish CORE organizer and former social worker, also from New York. Their deaths ...
Urn with Egyptian figures, part of a six-piece tea and coffee service, J.E. Caldwell & Company, Philadelphia, c. 1875. J.E. Caldwell & Co. was a major jewelery retailer and one-time silversmith in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company was founded at 163 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, by watchmaker James Emmot Caldwell in 1839. In 1843 the ...
Image transferred to Lantern Slide c.1913 by John G. Bullock (1854-1939). Original in collection of Library Company of Philadelphia . The Wyck house , also known as the Haines house or Hans Millan house , is a historic mansion, museum, garden, and urban farm in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .
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The Flags from Mississippi exhibit is open through Nov. 8 at the Museum of Mississippi History, 222 North St. Jackson. Admission is free. Gallery talks will be held at 11 a.m. March 14, June 14 ...
The Downtown Philadelphia Historic District is a designated area within the city limits of Philadelphia, Mississippi in Neshoba County. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, and is loosely bounded by the streets of Myrtle, Peachtree, Walnut, and Pecan. The district features a number of commercial buildings built in ...
Our country's pumpkin-carving history began with a spooky tale. The post The History of Jack-o-Lanterns and How They Became a Halloween Tradition appeared first on Reader's Digest.