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G.A.R. Museum

Saturday, September 22. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
13th Annual Association of Mid-Atlantic Civil War Round
Tables (AMART) Symposium

“History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps – Shock Troops of
the Union”

Ritter Hall – Walk Auditorium, Main Campus, Temple
University. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Followed by an Honor Ceremony at Laurel Hill Cemetery for
PVRC commanders buried there at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m.
Distinguished speakers, book displays, artifacts, living
history.

Cost: $60. Includes: registration, breakfast, lunch, dinner
at Cemetery

Students free with ID.

Make check payable to “G.A.R. Civil War Museum”
Mail to G.A.R. Civil War Museum & Library
4278 Griscom St.
Philadelphia, PA 19124

Directions: http://www.temple.edu/maps/directions/main.htm
Ample parking at open lot 11th & Cecil B. Moore Ave.
For information;
215 – 289 – 6484 or garmuslib@verizon.net or see
www.garmuslib.org

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Harding Junior High

This story featured Harding yesterday on Philly.com:

HER CLASSROOM MORE resembles a living room – with its green curtains and electric torch lamps .

But Victoria Monacelli yesterday nevertheless laid down the law like the seventh-grade English teacher that she is.

“You have a responsibility to push yourself and keep trying – and ask questions if you don’t understand something. I’m here at lunch every day. I’m here after school,” she told her students on the first day of classes at Warren Harding Middle School, in the city’s Frankford section.

Read the entire story here

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Philly.com

Every morning I check the news feeds for Frankford news. You can imagine my surprise yesterday when I read on Philly.com that there had been another murder in Frankford. The location was near Castor Avenue and Benner Street.

Further compounding my surprise was that once again some reporter had incorrectly identified the neighborhood as Frankford when it was not. Why is this such an issue? Well most importantly these news reports on the internet become history once they are out there. And now the history is wrong. We have enough crime problems without taking credit for what is happening in Oxford Circle.

So I promptly emailed the reporter who wrote the story and the editor and so far no reply. I want the report, that was posted on the web, corrected.

This is the link to the original story for the record.

Feel free to send an email of admonishment too. Maybe we can get some justice.

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Vermin again

I was coming up Wakeling street last night at about 6PM and was stopped at Torresdale avenue by the wail of police sirens. Torresdale was blocked off and Fox news and KYW were both shooting video down Torresdale toward Margaret Street. Still I couldn’t see much of anything and thought it was a lot of fuss over a fender bender.

This morning I read that some low life hit two kids, stopped to take a look and then sped off. These boys are lucky to be alive. We don’t know the circumstances of the accident. All we know is that the guy driving the vehicle didn’t stop and own up to it.

Message to the vermin: stand up and be a man.