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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

Brief biographies of permanent residents of Laurel Hill East in Philadelphia and Laurel Hill West in Bala Cywnyd, Pennsylvania. Often educational, always entertaining.

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ABC #011: She Invented What?! - Martha Coston, Rachel...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Martha Coston invented the signal flare that bears her name and in so doing saved thousands of lives in wartime and in peace. Rachel Lloyd had to go to Europe to get her PhD in chemistry, but she then jump-started the sugar beet industry in the United States. Mary Engle Pennington, the “Ice Lady” completely changed the way your food is prepared, shipped, and stored.

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ABC #010: FOAL - Friends of Abraham Lincoln: John and...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Admiral John Dahlgren was the father of Naval Ordnance, and the father of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren of the infamous Dahlgren affair during the Civil War that may have directly led to the assassination of their friend Abraham Lincoln. Bishop Matthew Simpson - you've seen his statue on Belmont - was a confidante who delivered Lincoln’s funeral oration in Springfield, Illinois.

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ABC #009: The Attorneys General: Richard Rush, Henry...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Richard Rush served in the cabinets of three presidents and ran for Vice President in 1832, but is frequently an afterthought to his Founding Father parent Benjamin Rush. Henry Gilpin was appointed US Attorney General just in time to argue the United States case in the Amistad affair. And there are seven Pennsylvania AGs, each with a fascinating story.

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ABC #008: The Lady Artists: Alice Barber Stephens,...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Alice Barber Stephens was one of the premiere magazine illustrators of the late 19th century. Cecilia Beaux was a painter acknowledged in her day as one of the best portrait painters in the country. Harriet Frishmuth was a sculptor whose art deco works continue to astound viewers.

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ABC #007: Play Ball!! Harry Wright, Benjamin Shibe...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

If professional baseball had a Founding Father, it would be Harry Wright. Philadelphia was one of the early cities to adopt the game, and sporting goods manufacturers Ben Shibe and Al Reach took advantage of it. And if you listened to the Phillies on the radio, you knew broadcast announcer Harry Kalas.

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ABC #006: Fathers and Sons: Thomas and Albert Sully;...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

There are many father-and-son combinations buried at Laurel Hill: today we cover portrait artist Thomas Sully and his military son General Albert Sully, Generals Robert and Francis Patterson, both with somewhat tarnished records, and Gilded Age capitalist extraordinaire Peter Widener, and his son George and grandson Harry who went down on the USS Titanic.

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ABC #005: Building Philadelphia: John Notman,...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Many architects made Philadelphia the showcase city that it is today. I have chosen 4 to talk about here: John Notman (The Athenaeum, Laurel Hill Cemetery), Napoleon LeBrun (Academy of Music, the Cathedral), Frank Furness (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, gatehouse at Philadelphia zoo), and Horace Trumbauer (Philadelphia Museum of Art, Free Library of Philadelphia).

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ABC #004: Holidays among the Stones: Sarah Josepha...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Before the Civil War there were two national holidays - Independence Day and Washington's Birthday. But in the Laurel Hills are 4 people who made American holidays what they are today: Sarah Josepha Hale, the woman who invented Thanksgiving; Martha Tillman, the woman who MAY have invented Memorial Day; and Anna Jarvis, the mother of Mother’s Day; and Stephen F. Whitman, the man who invented Whitman chocolates. Join our email list to get the latest on episode releases, special events, and more:

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41:27

ABC #003: Easterners of the Old West: Henry Deringer,...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Three creators of the mythology of the Wild West are buried at the Laurel Hills: Henry Deringer, inventor of the pocket pistol and father of concealed carry; Owen Wister, who wrote the first definitive Western novel "The Virginian"; and John Batterson Stetson, the man who invented the hat that defines the Old West. This podcast include interviews with two of Laurel Hill Cemtery's volunteer guides.

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ABC #002: Famed Arctic Explorer + Spiritualist /...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Explorer 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. Join our email list to get the latest on episode releases, special events, and more: http://eepurl.com/idNN1X

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ABC #001: The Origins of Laurel Hill: How and Why Did...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

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. Join our email list to get the latest on episode releases, special events, and more:

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