Philadelphia’s Washington Square

by Bill Double

Co-sponsored by Friends in the City and the Philadelphia City Institute Library

Enjoy a talk by Bill Double, author of Philadelphia's Washington Square, a shady 6.6-acre plot a brief walk from the nation's birthplace at Independence Hall, which has been a focal point of the city's history for more than 300 years.

Designated by William Penn in 1683 as open space for the residents of his planned "green country town," Washington Square served humbly as a "potters' field" for its first 100 years. The remains of some 2,000 indigents, yellow fever victims and soldiers--Colonial and British--rest beneath its grassy expanse. John Adams remarked that the sight of square's war-time burial pits was "enough to make a heart of stone melt away."

 How did the Square go from a burial ground to a place of affluent condominiums? You will find out at this presentation.

Event Cost:  Free.  FitC Members only for first 48 hours.

We regret that the meeting room is not handicap accessible

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Bill Double is a Philadelphia-based freelance writer and author of Charles E. Hires and the Drink That Wowed a Nation.

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The venue isn't handicapped accessible. However, you could help to make it accessible in the future by contributing to the lift fund.
https://libwww.freelibrary.org/support/pci-lift-campaign