Youth Internship
This summer our staff had the pleasure of working alongside 7 fabulous youth interns. These students were all from the Fairhill community and ranged in ages from 12-16. They met …
Summer Festival
On a not too hot day in July, we welcomed friends and neighbors to our Annual Summer Festival. It’s always wonderful to see so many folks coming out and finding …
Volunteer Opportunties
Historic Fair Hill would be nowhere without our incredible volunteers! As we start a new school year, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved and we hope you will …
Quaker Service Trips
by Kate McHale, Quaker Voluntary Service Fellow One meaningful way that Historic Fair Hill has engaged with education and Quaker values this year was partnering on field trips focused on …
Local Author Visit
by Ciara Vargas, Literacy Director The month of May was very exciting for our awesome students as we welcomed Thembi Palmer into our partner school libraries at Hartranft, Potter-Thomas, and …
Spring Renewal Celebration
by Candace Herbert, Development Coordinator Philosopher, entrepreneur, and writer, Matsona Dhliwayo once said “Spring is proof that there is beauty in new beginnings.” On Sunday, May 21st Dhliwayo’s quote proved …
What would Lucretia Say? An essay.
“I love Lucretia Mott because she was a real life Wonder Woman. Her love of humanity and her refusal to bow to the prejudices of her time are an inspiration …
City transfers corner gardens to Historic Fair Hill
This spring, the city of Philadelphia transferred the lots at the corner of Ninth and Indiana Street to Historic Fair Hill. The community gardens that our team and neighbors have …
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Experts team up for Julia de Burgos school library reopening
Original architects Jane Rath and Vincent Rivera pitch in with library organizer Jessica Kahn to help the elementary school bring back its library.
A Day of Service for MLK Day
While others worked indoors on our new library project at the Julia de Burgos Elementary School, 25 volunteers spent their Martin Luther King Day working outside with us at Historic …
On MLK Day, Volunteers Start Work of Reopening School Library
We were grateful to welcome over 40 volunteers to our day of service this Monday, January 18. One group of 20 worked with us on a brand new project at Julia …
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Lighting the Holiday Star
Every year at Historic Fair Hill, we gather to celebrate the holidays. Together we bake gingerbread cookies, light a star on our grounds, toast marshmallows, and sing carols. This year we …
10 Reasons to Put HFH on Your Holiday Giving List
2015 has been a great year for Historic Fair Hill. With every passing year, we’re able to contribute more to our neighborhood. And this is all possible because of the …
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Lenni Lenape Food in the Colonial Era
On Thanksgiving, we think about the help that the Wampanoag tribe of present-day Massachusetts offered to the recently arrived English settlers in 1621. The harvest that the group ate that year …
Eight new trees grow in Fairhill
Over the last few years, we’ve been working together with volunteers and the Philadelphia Horticultural Society (PHS) to bring new life to our streets through trees. Our work tree planting …
Can historians find the original Declaration of Women’s Rights?
In 1848, for the first time in the United States, women organized a convention to bring attention to their dramatically unequal rights under the law. Two of the abolitionists and …
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The Battle of Germantown comes alive
On October 4, 1777, George Washington lead American soldiers against the British in the Battle of Germantown. The British had recently taken Philadelphia. Washington had learned that the British General, …
