Tag: Cheltenham

Reggie Jackson’s childhood home at 149 Greenwood Avenue in Wyncote is facing demolition, writes Michael Tanennbaum for Philly Voice.

His father, Martinez Jackson, ran…

Nation’s First Training Camp for Black Soldiers in Civil War Was Established in Cheltenham Township

The nation’s first training camp for soldiers of African descent in the Civil War, Camp William Penn, was established in 1863 at the La…

Irene Mannheims Mueller, who grew up in Olney and Cheltenham, discovered she lived a mile and a half from a daughter she had given up…