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Volunteer firefighters represented a potent swirl of masculinity, self-sacrifice, and republican virtue. But Philadelphia had no Black companies.
Timothy Winkle
November 30, 2021
Mireya Loza, PhD
November 24, 2021
Ashley Rose Young, PhD
Barbara Clark Smith
Alana Staiti
November 12, 2021
Frank A. Blazich Jr., PhD
November 10, 2021
How Smithsonian Curators Visit Political Conventions to Explain the Present to the Future
Celebrating Independence Day and More July Happenings