Hi all! Here are some free events in Philly this week.
Comparative Responses to the Outbreak of Deadly Epidemics from the Revolutionary Era to Today
College of Physicians
19 S. 22nd St.
http://www.collphyphil.org/Site/programsevents.html
November 9, 2011 6:30 pm
Bring Out Your Dead (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993) is a classic study of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic and the massive impact it left on Philadelphia. Join us as the three co-authors of the introduction (Anne Coxe Toogood, Kenneth R. Foster, PhD, PE, and Mary F. Jenkins) to Bring Out Your Dead compare the response of the medical community to the 1793 yellow fever epidemic to that of contemporary responses to HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis A and B and other viruses. The speakers will set the social, demographic, geographic, and rudimentary medical context for the outbreak of this epidemic in 1793.
Philadelphia‘s Lost Waterfront
Penn Book Store 3601 Walnut St.
http://upenn.bncollege.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/BNCBcalendarEventListView?langId=-1&storeId=10056&catalogId=10001&CSRT=6602851804089186039
November 10, 2011 6:30 pm
Local historian Harry Kyriakodis chronicles the history of the city’s original port district, from Quaker settlers who first lived along the Delaware to the riverfront of the twentieth century. Tracing local histories along Front Street, Delaware Avenue and Penn’s Landing, Kyriakodis deftly rediscovers the story of Philadelhia’s lost waterfront.
Kyriakodis is a founding member of the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides and regularly leads walking tours throughout the city.
Powell House
244 S. 3rd St.
http://www.philalandmarks.org/powel.aspx
November 11, 2011 1-5 pm
To celebrate Veterans Day, the Powel House will offer free admission and tours of the house to veterans, active members of the military, and their families. Each family will also receive one complimentary bottle of Dr. Physick’s soda, produced exclusively for Landmarks.
Remembering Our Early Veterans
Second Bank
420 Chestnut St.
http://www.nps.gov/inde/second-bank.htm
November 12-13, 4 pm
On Veteran’s Day weekend, learn more about ht e Continental Army and Navy by joining a park ranger for a 20 minute program.
Delaware Valley Archivists Group 