We have been calling the “In Pursuit,” film series, “a new American history for our time.” more

The city of Philadelphia, while not ungovernable, was set up very much like a medieval corporation, not a modern government. more

A 12-foot bronze statue of Octavius Valentine Catto stands at the southwest corner of Philadelphia City Hall. It is suitably larger than life. more

Episode 5’s pursuit of America is a battle to reclaim and expand on the ideals animating the Declaration of Independence. more

The story of Philadelphia has unfolded in unpredictable, often disturbing, and yet astonishing ways. Central to the city’s early days was the very birth of our nation. more

Quaker ideals of religious freedom attract waves of immigrants from Ireland and Germany to Pennsylvania, but they cannot settle on land that has not been formally acquired through treaty from the Lenape. more