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June
Schuylkill Fishing Company logo.

...that the Schuylkill Fishing Company of Pennsylvania, established in 1732 as an angling club, claims to be the oldest social club in the English-speaking world?
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May
Deshler-Morris House

...that the Deshler-Morris House, which was twice the official residence of President George Washington, is called the "Germantown White House"?
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April
The Penn Relays are held at Franklin Field.

...that the Penn Relays, the oldest and largest track and field carnival in the United States, hosted annually since 1895 by the University of Pennsylvania, has been credited with popularizing the running of relay races?
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March
Murals in the Church of the Advocate.

...that the Church of the Advocate was the site in 1974 of the first ordinations of women, known as the "Philadelphia Eleven", as priests in the Episcopal Church?
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February
Frankford Avenue Bridge.

...that the Frankford Avenue Bridge, erected in 1697 in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia, over Pennypack Creek, is believed to be the oldest stone bridge in continuous use in the United States?
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January
Church of St. James the Less.

...that the Church of St. James the Less, a National Historic Landmark, is a faithful reproduction of an actual 13th-century Gothic church in Cambridgeshire, England?
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