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Veterans Day Freebies

Veterans Day is Friday, November 11th and there are many restaurants offering great deals for veterans.

The militarywallet.com has about the best, most up to date list of what is available.  You can find it at this link.

Stop back at this page on Friday for our honor roll of Frankford veterans.  If you or someone you know should be on that list, email me with the name and branch of service and I’ll make sure the name is included.  gil@frankfordgazette.com

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Where Do I Vote

A reader just called to ask where the polling place is.  It used to be at St. James.  If you voted at St. James, the new polling place is at the String Theory School (Edmunds) on Haworth Street.

Vote.org is a good place to start if you are in doubt.  You can find it at this link.

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Historical Society Meets Next Wednesday November 9th

The HSF (Historical Society of Frankford) had a good meeting on October 12th with Fred Prescott’s presentation on cartography.  This month, the HSF has rescheduled to a Wednesday night, November 9th, due to Election Day.

– Jack McCarthey presents his new book Manufacturing in Philadelphia  “In the Cradle of Liberty and Industry: A History of Manufacturing in Philadelphia” which traces the City’s manufacturing base from the fabrication of hand crafted items of Colonial times through the Industrial Revolution from which Philadelphia emerged as an industrial giant to the present service based economy. The new book will be available for purchase and a book signing session will follow after the lecture.

The meeting starts at 7:30 PM at 1507 Orthodox Street.