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ABC:LHS #005   Four Architects...
John Notman: The Athenaeum, Laurel Hill Cemetery
Napoleon LeBrun: Academy of Music, Cathedral of Sts. Peter & Paul
Frank Furness: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, gatehouse at the Philadelphia Zoo
Horace Trumbauer: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Free Library of Philadelphia

ABC:LHS #004
Before the Civil War there were two national holidays - Independence Day and Washington's Birthday.  But in Laurel Hill are 5 people who made American holidays what they are today:
*Sarah Josepha Hale, the woman who invented Thanksgiving
*Martha Kimball, the woman who MAY have invented Memorial Day
*Anna Jarvis, the mother of Mother’s Day
*Stephen F. Whitman, the man who invented Whitman chocolates
*Not included in podcast: Elizabeth Duane Gillespie, who is probably responsible for Flag Day

ABC:LHS #003-3   Owen Wister...
...was a blue-blood Philadelphian who became fascinated with the Wild West and wrote what many consider the first Western novel, The Virginian, which has been made into movies, TV shows, and even an opera.  Author, historian, and fellow tour guide Thomas Keel shares Wister's story.
 

ABC #003-2   John B. Stetson...
....invented the 10-gallon hat, which became one of the most identifying marks of the Old West. In Philadelphia his contributions were legion.

ABC:LHS #003-1   Henry Deringer...
...was a Philadelphia gunsmith whose single-shot bore-loading pistol could be concealed in a pocket, a hand muff, or the palm of your hand.  Its popularity exploded after John Wilkes Booth used one to assassinate President Lincoln.

ABC #003   Three Easterners of the Old West
Henry Deringer invented the pocket pistol that bears his name (interview with Russ Dodge)
Owen Wister wrote the first definitive Western novel "The Virginian" (interview with Thomas Keels)
John Batterson Stetson invented the hat that defined the Old West. 

ABC #002   Elisha Kent Kane...
...was one of the most famous Americans of the mid-19th century.  He knew that he would die young, and he pushed the limits.  Maggie Fox was a spiritualist and medium from New York.  Somehow, they got together and became a couple.  Their story is pretty sensational. 
 
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ABC#001   How did we get here?
Most people who walk into Laurel Hill Cemetery for the first time are struck by the greenness of the place.  The 78-acre property stretches between Ridge Avenue and Kelly Drive, and between East Falls and Strawberry Mansion - a large, open, green space with more than 75,000 inhabitants, hundreds of statues, miles of paved roads, wildlife, and 850 trees in the middle of a very modern city.  
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