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The image shows students from the John P Parket School in Cincinnati, Ohio visiting the museum from as seen on the museum's website. (4/4)
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Prior to emancipation and the signing of the 13th amendment, Underground Railroad was used by enslaved people to attain their right to freedom. Celebrate Juneteenth by giving the Blairsville Underground Railroad a visit! Check out our directory link in the comments! (3/4)
Today we celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday which celebrates freedom from enslavement of people of African decent. The date comes from when President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, issued during the Civil War, was enacted by Major General Gordon Granger in Texas. (2/4)
Have you heard of the Blairsville Area Underground Railroad History Center? Located in the oldest African American church in Blairsville, built in 1917, the center is dedicated to the brave men, women, and children who used this network to freedom. (1/4) #juneteenth #freedom
Read more and find a link to register at thenewpittsburghexposition.o… (3/3)
The Symposium include complimentary admission to the fort and museum’s galleries! Find out more and register! (2/3)
@Fortligonier58 hosts 7Years' War Symposium 4/13. Features four presentations on French & Indian War/7Years’ War (1/3)
#history #historybuff #historylovers #sevenyearswar #frenchandindianwar #forbes #ligonier #fortligonier #westmoreland #greatbritain #colonialamerica
Photo from the Allegheny Conference on Community Development at the Deere Library and Archives at the Heinz History Center (3/3)
The damage from the 1936 flood was estimated to have reached what would be more than 5 billion dollars in today's money. 🤯😱⛵️ Stay dry friends. (2/3)
The flooding this week at the point might be bad but at least it's not traveling down 5th Ave in a boat bad! Flashback to March 18th 1936, the "Great St. Patrick's Day Flood" reached 46 feet! (1/3)
#flood #flood2024 #pittsburgh #stpattysday #stpatricksday #history
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Parking on #Pittsburgh's Mon Wharf in 1932.
(Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection / PITTArchives / Colorized)
Workshop Teaches Plaster for Historic Preservation - mailchi.mp/98bd8c0056b5/this…
Grants restore historic religious properties, improve Mellon Park - mailchi.mp/b11ec4688135/this…
New Exhibit Opens at Jimmy Stewart Museum - mailchi.mp/ebc509fdd7a3/this…
Bounce House Requests Survey of Artists, Community pghmuseums.org/bloglibrary/b…
Hazelwood Local Releases Call for Artists pghmuseums.org/bloglibrary/h…
PGH International Airport Call for Visual & Performing Artists pghmuseums.org/bloglibrary/p…
Silver Eye Announces New Lab pghmuseums.org/bloglibrary/s… – at Manhattan, NY
Andrea M. Smith: Praying for Wings pghmuseums.org/upcoming-even… – at Pittsburgh, PA