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Philadelphia Athletics win World Series over Chicago Cubs Uptown Theater opens. Rodin Museum dedicated. [48] 1930 – Population: 1,950,961. [48] Pat’s King of Steaks opens. Inventor/originator of cheese steaks; Philadelphia Athletics win World Series over St Louis Cardinals; 1931 Municipal Auditorium opens. [48] Girard Trust Building constructed
Philadelphia was also a major receiving place of the wounded, with more than 157,000 soldiers and sailors treated within the city. Philadelphia began preparing for invasion in 1863, but the Confederate Army was repelled by Union forces at Gettysburg. [63] In the years following the American Civil War, Philadelphia's population continued to grow.
Philadelphians celebrating Independence Day on July 4, 1819. Present-day Philadelphia was formerly inhabited by Lenape, a Native American tribe. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Philadelphia was known globally for its freedom of religion and a city where people could live without fear of persecution because of their religious affiliations or practices.
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May 11, 1976 (North Philadelphia Eastern banks of the Schuylkill River: Fairmount Park: First municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822, it operated until 1909.
Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia; Cedar Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia) Central High School (Philadelphia) Chestnut Hill Historic District (Philadelphia) Chestnut Street Theatre; Christ Church Burial Ground; Circus of Pepin and Breschard; City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey; City Tavern; Clarence Howard Clark Sr ...
The Philadelphia Historical Commission was created in 1955 to preserve the cultural and architectural history of the city. The commission maintains the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, adding historic buildings, structures, sites, objects and districts as it sees fit. [95]
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