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Month: November 2020

Nurse Nelson and the conquest of polio

November 22, 2020 carllavo

Central Bucks school nurse initiated U.S. campaign to defeat the virus that imperiled children in the 1950s. I remember the…

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Posted in: Doylestown Filed under: African American nurse, Dr. Jonas Salk, March of Dimes, Pittsburgh, Polio Pioneers, vaccine

Laura Jean takes to the sky

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The 17-year-old Langhorne girl made local aviation history in 1938. I can identify with how Laura Jean Candy of Langhorne…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough, Langhorne Filed under: John VanSant, Lincoln Highway, National Air Mail Week, Old Star Airport, Oxford Valley Mall, Silver Star Airport

Oldest Restaurant in Pennsylvania?

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Magazine claims Lancaster eatery is oldest in constant operation but 2 in Bucks beg to differ. My friend Rich Hart…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough, New Hope, Yardley Filed under: Abigail Adams, Benedict Arnold, Bordentown, Col. John Cadwalader, Continental Tavern, Coryell's Ferry, ferryJohn Adams, george washington, ghosts, Joseph Bonaparte, N.J., Napoleon, Stockyard Inn

How Rinker Buck crossed the Delaware

November 2, 2020 carllavo

The Lambertville-New Hope bridge posed quite an obstacle for the 7-year-old in a Conestoga wagon. I’ve had many adventures on…

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Posted in: Lambertville, New Hope Filed under: Conestoga wagons, Delaware River, Nantucket sleigh ride, New Hope-Lambertville Bridge, World War II

Crime and punishment

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Richboro handyman met his demise in 1892 on a gallows preserved in a Bucks museum. There’s nothing quite like Doylestown’s…

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Posted in: Doylestown, Northampton, Richboro Filed under: Bucks County prison, Bucks County sheriff, Charles M. Meredith, gallows, hanging, James Linzi, Mercer Museum, Michener Art Museum, Wallace Burt

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