| Palmer Cemetery and the Historic Burial Grounds of Kensington & Fishtown Contributor(s): Milano, Kenneth W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1540205835 ISBN-13: 9781540205834 Publisher: History Press Library Editions OUR PRICE: $29.69 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Travel | United States - General - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 363.750 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6" W x 9" (0.81 lbs) 146 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Locality - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the heart of Fishtown is the final resting place of generations of Kensington and Fishtown residents. Founded prior to 1748, Palmer Cemetery is one of the oldest in Philadelphia. Interred here and in Hanover Street and West Street Burial Grounds are soldiers from every war fought by colonists and then Americans, from the French and Indian War until Desert Storm. The fishing and shipbuilding families who built the neighborhood, victims of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the ancestors of the Shibe family, the owners of the Philadelphia Athletics, are also buried in these plots. Kenneth W. Milano walks the cemetery paths and reveals the secrets the stones keep with Palmer Cemetery and the Historic Burial Grounds of Kensington & Fishtown. |