Take sixteen lively fourth graders on a history field trip in May.  The Delaware River is sparkling, the sun is shining. Penn Treaty Park is looking its best.  Perhaps a recipe for chaos? Not for a moment.  Susan Himelfarb’s students from the Adaire School in Fishtown  gathered by William Penn’s...

The Great Elm at Shackamaxon fell in a storm on March 5, 1810. Under the branches of this mighty tree that grew along the Delaware River, William Penn and Lenape Chief Tamanend made a Treaty of Friendship that many people believe represents the best of our human spirit. Two hundred...