We are so excited about this special produced for ABC7 Chicago by Janet Davies. You can go here to watch the video. It is great.
Monday, October 23, 2006
Friday, August 04, 2006
A big step forward ...
THERE was a major event at New Philadelphia Thursday afternoon, nicely reported by The Quincy Herald-Whig.
From left, facing a group of reporters, are Philip Bradshaw, president of the New Philadelphia Association, Sen. Emil Jones, president of the Illinois State Senate, and Sen. Deanna Demuzio, who announced a state grant of $125,000 to the Association for town site acquisition and development.
From left, facing a group of reporters, are Philip Bradshaw, president of the New Philadelphia Association, Sen. Emil Jones, president of the Illinois State Senate, and Sen. Deanna Demuzio, who announced a state grant of $125,000 to the Association for town site acquisition and development.
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Recording the finds ...
Students in this photo are at work in the Illinois State Museum Collection Center analyzing and recording items discovered during the Summer 2006 archeological dig at New Philadelphia, work done under the auspices of a National Science Foundation grant.
Photos below show some of the items found this summer
Friday, July 14, 2006
From the L.A. Times ...
Read P.J. Huffstutter's article on New Philadelphia in the July 14 issue of the Los Angeles Times: "A Land of Racial Harmony?" (Yes, you will have to register and it's free.)
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
More photos ...
Two more photos from last week's activities:
Jason digs while fellow students sift soil for small artifacts.
Sandra McWorter Marsh and Claire Martin, standing left, speak to an opening reception for the June 17, 2006 Family History Workshop.
Jason digs while fellow students sift soil for small artifacts.
Sandra McWorter Marsh and Claire Martin, standing left, speak to an opening reception for the June 17, 2006 Family History Workshop.
Monday, June 19, 2006
A busy weekend ...
There was much activity at the New Philadelphia site the weekend of June 16-17, 2006. The third summer of archeological work was continuing and a family history workshop was held at the Burdick Conference Center at the site. Here's a photograph of the foundation the student archeologists revealed:
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Quincy Herald Whig
Snapshots in time: 'Faces of New Philadelphia' offers peek into town's past, present
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
By Deborah Gertz Husar
Herald-Whig Staff Writer
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Lucy McWorter's dark eyes pierce the visitor from the photograph, seemingly inviting a closer look into her world.
A nearby photo shows a field school student sifting fill at New Philadelphia, working to unearth more of the story of the community established by McWorter's husband, Free Frank McWorter, in 1836.
Images from the past juxtapose with images of today in "Faces of New Philadelphia," an exhibit of photographs sponsored by the New Philadelphia Association in conjunction with Hannibal-LaGrange College and the Illinois State Museum.
The exhibit opened Tuesday night and continues through April 28 in the main lobby of the Burt Administration Building on the HLG campus.
The 14 photographs feature "not only the people working on it now, but the people there in the past, archaeologists, New Philadelphia Association members, interested visitors who might be descendants and faces taken from artifacts," said Terry Martin, Illinois State Museum curator of anthropology.
New Philadelphia Association Vice President Natalie Armistead said the exhibit will be expanded and will be available to travel to colleges, libraries, businesses and other sites.
"It's a way to get out to places where the public can see the faces of what we're finding," she said.
"I grew up with this, but it's nice to share," said Sandra McWorter, a great-great-great-granddaughter of Free Frank who lives in Chicago.
It's also essential to stage the exhibit in Missouri, "a very important state for the McWorter family," McWorter said. Free Frank "founded the town in Illinois, but from the time that happened, it was a continuous move west. It's the American story."
One of Free Frank's grandsons, who held patents on flying machines in 1914, was living in St. Louis, while other descendants settled in Kansas City, where McWorter graduated from high school, and other communities.
A photo collage featured in the exhibit shows Free Lucy, descendants and, possibly, Free Frank.
"We don't know we actually have a photo of Free Frank. We think we do," Armistead said.
Free Frank bought his wife's freedom in 1817, his own in 1819 and eventually for 14 family members.
"It's a love story, the most beautiful I ever read," New Philadelphia Association member Pat Likes said.
———
What was New Philadelphia?
* New Philadelphia was a town located in Pike County near Barry.
* It was founded in 1836 by Frank McWorter, a former slave.
* It is the first known town in the United States to have been established and platted by an African-American.
CHECK IT OUT ONLINE
* The McWorter Family: www.mcworter.net
* Center for Heritage Studies: www.heritage.umd.edu
(follow links to the New Philadelphia Project)
* New Philadelphia Association: www.newphiladelphiail.org
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
By Deborah Gertz Husar
Herald-Whig Staff Writer
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Lucy McWorter's dark eyes pierce the visitor from the photograph, seemingly inviting a closer look into her world.
A nearby photo shows a field school student sifting fill at New Philadelphia, working to unearth more of the story of the community established by McWorter's husband, Free Frank McWorter, in 1836.
Images from the past juxtapose with images of today in "Faces of New Philadelphia," an exhibit of photographs sponsored by the New Philadelphia Association in conjunction with Hannibal-LaGrange College and the Illinois State Museum.
The exhibit opened Tuesday night and continues through April 28 in the main lobby of the Burt Administration Building on the HLG campus.
The 14 photographs feature "not only the people working on it now, but the people there in the past, archaeologists, New Philadelphia Association members, interested visitors who might be descendants and faces taken from artifacts," said Terry Martin, Illinois State Museum curator of anthropology.
New Philadelphia Association Vice President Natalie Armistead said the exhibit will be expanded and will be available to travel to colleges, libraries, businesses and other sites.
"It's a way to get out to places where the public can see the faces of what we're finding," she said.
"I grew up with this, but it's nice to share," said Sandra McWorter, a great-great-great-granddaughter of Free Frank who lives in Chicago.
It's also essential to stage the exhibit in Missouri, "a very important state for the McWorter family," McWorter said. Free Frank "founded the town in Illinois, but from the time that happened, it was a continuous move west. It's the American story."
One of Free Frank's grandsons, who held patents on flying machines in 1914, was living in St. Louis, while other descendants settled in Kansas City, where McWorter graduated from high school, and other communities.
A photo collage featured in the exhibit shows Free Lucy, descendants and, possibly, Free Frank.
"We don't know we actually have a photo of Free Frank. We think we do," Armistead said.
Free Frank bought his wife's freedom in 1817, his own in 1819 and eventually for 14 family members.
"It's a love story, the most beautiful I ever read," New Philadelphia Association member Pat Likes said.
———
What was New Philadelphia?
* New Philadelphia was a town located in Pike County near Barry.
* It was founded in 1836 by Frank McWorter, a former slave.
* It is the first known town in the United States to have been established and platted by an African-American.
CHECK IT OUT ONLINE
* The McWorter Family: www.mcworter.net
* Center for Heritage Studies: www.heritage.umd.edu
(follow links to the New Philadelphia Project)
* New Philadelphia Association: www.newphiladelphiail.org
Saturday, February 25, 2006
An interesting article
Here is an interesting and informative essay commemorating Black History Month that has a local connection.
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