Bill Kashatus: Independence National Historical Park: An Insider's History
Send us Fan Mail Historian, Educator, Writer, former Park Ranger, Thomas Paine interpreter, and a continuing volunteer at the site, Bill Kashatus gives us an in-depth examination of the major historical events that occurred at Independence Hall, Carpenters' Hall, Congress Hall, and Franklin Court, among other park sites, as well as the founding fathers who shaped those events. Kashatus shares his unique perspective on those events, and discusses how “historical memory" – the shaping of events...
7 Oct 2026
Fallingwater at 90: Preserving a World Heritage Site for Generations to Come
Send us Fan Mail This year marks Fallingwater's 90th anniversary, and its 63rd year giving tours to the public. Fallingwater is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most acclaimed works and the one that best exemplifies his philosophy of organic architecture: the harmonious union of art and nature. Fallingwater Director Justin Gunther says "Because of that tie to nature, people that come and see Fallingwater just have an instant connection to it because nature's inside of all of us. So it's just this ...
23 Sept 2026
Bill Lewis: All About Those Blue and Gold Markers...and the Titanic, too!
Send us Fan Mail "You can't go down a Pennsylvania highway without seeing them. What are they?" Bill Lewis has a lifelong love of history. "Since I was a little kid, I've been kind of obsessed with history. And the more I learned, again, as a child about local as well as statewide history, the more fascinating I found it." What are they? "What they really are are markers that mark the people, the places, the important events that are really key to not only Pennsylvania history, but in m...
9 Sept 2026
Barbara Franco, Gettysburg Surgeons: Facing a Common Enemy
Send us Fan Mail Gettysburg Surgeons: Facing a Common Enemy Barbara Franco will share her findings from a 10-year project to identify the surgeons who cared for the wounded at the battle of Gettysburg. A data base of more than 1200 surgeons, both Union and Confederate, is the basis for her new book, Gettysburg Surgeons: Facing a Common Enemy in the Civil War’s Deadliest Battle. The study includes not only well-documented and prominent physicians who left written accounts, but also the lesser-...
26 Aug 2026
Ned Donoghue: Prisoners of Congress, Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777 to 1778
For over 245 years, historians have ignored the incidents that pitted the Patriots against the leaders of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Some publicly accused the Quaker leaders of being traitors to their country; they maintained they were merely following the principal tenets of their religious faith. The Patriots had no legal grounds to arrest them, but they did anyway. Rectifying this historical oversight is Norman E. “Ned” Donoghue’s new boo...
12 Aug 2026
Judith Ridner: The Scots Irish of Early Pennsylvania, a Varied People
"...as probably many Scots-Irish people know, there's a lot of misunderstanding about who they are as a people. And I think a lot of modern Americans think one thing, and perhaps us historians would say that maybe they should be thinking about something else. So today I think a lot of people take pride in being Scots-Irish because they sort of think they know a lot of things about their heritage. But that heritage has been highly stereotyped, both good and bad. And it's been popularized by a ...
29 Jul 2026
Matt Gault: Fort Ligonier, and Washington's Brush with Death on the Battlefield
November 12, 1758. The story of Washington "putting his life in the most jeopardy it had ever been before or since:" "...Colonel Mercer is engaged with the enemy...He needs help. So Washington... takes a group of volunteers, mainly from his Virginia regiment... to go out to reinforce Colonel Mercer. Forbes will write that he sent out a group to surround the enemy. So we think Washington is...using the musket fire to pretty much guide him as he goes, keeping it off on one of his sides, s...
15 Jul 2026
Andy Masich, Heinz History Center: Sharing the Stories of People
"People are interested in the stories of people..." "David McCullough, America's favorite historian, Pulitzer Prize winner, Adams, Truman, the Johnstown Flood, he used to say, he was actually quoting the librarian of Congress when he said trying to build a future without understanding the past is like trying to plant cut flowers. You know, it's just not gonna happen. So I think that those roots are important and it's up to us to show that younger generation how they're connected to the past. ...
1 Jul 2026
Andrew Murphy: William Penn and "The Holy Experiment"
"The road to Pennsylvania, for Penn, began in the Cork prison 15 years before he set foot in America." You can't understand Pennsylvania history - "The Holy Experiment" - without knowing about William Penn. There's no better source than the man who wrote the biography of William Penn. Reflecting his interest in the intersections between political theory and political action (as well as his status as a born-and-raised Pennsylvanian), Murphy has engaged deeply with the life, career ...
17 Jun 2026
Michael Norris, Carpenters' Hall
MICHAEL L. NORRIS Executive Director As the Executive Director of the Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, which owns and manages Carpenters’ Hall, a National Historic Landmark in Philadelphia’s historic district whose members constitute the nation’s oldest continuously operating craft guild, Michael oversees all of the ...
3 Jun 2026
Andrea Lowery, Why Pennsylvanians Love Our History
Andrea Lowery is the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) and PHMC is the official history agency of the Commonwealth. Andrea shares how PHMC stewards the history and heritage of Pennsylvania through its bureaus (State Museum, State Archives, State Historic Preservation Office, and Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums) and programs such as the blue and gold historic markers ("history on a stick") and grants to encourage organizations to preser...
14 May 2026
We Love PA History! episode 1
Welcome to We Love PA History! - the podcast that explores Pennsylvania's past, one story at a time.
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