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Phl_worldwide t1_iwkyez5 wrote

Very cool. Always a big win to add another attraction to the parkway

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ragunaxAS t1_iwl3njl wrote

Technically, they didn't break ground. Lol. They blessed the ground.

Groundbreaking is some time in 2023.

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mistersausage t1_iwljuyt wrote

They have been excavating there for over a month, so I'm not sure what groundbreaking even means here.

Edit: should have read article first, the current excavation is to relocate a water main.

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palerthanrice t1_iwlcoau wrote

>representatives of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tribe performed a ritualistic blessing on the land, which was originally occupied by their ancestors.

This stuff is so funny to me because if they truly gave a shit, they’d actually give the land back. But instead they just pay for a couple of these guys to come out and do a little performance so they can look socially progressive.

Not saying that they should give the land back or that ancestral rights actually mean anything, but if they think that, then there’s really no other solution than to just give the land back.

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partyblob t1_iwldzmh wrote

fun fact: william penn actually purchased the land now known as philadelphia from the local tribes to be on good terms with them

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KnightCyber t1_iwm6l5y wrote

His sons that completely screwed them over and were just the absolute worst however. They were basically Penn's antithesis (also oppressed Quakers, so not a lotta love for good ol' pa)

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TheBSQ t1_iwmdsri wrote

Totally off topic, but I was reading about his descendants and if there are any Penns alive today.

The short version is there’s no living descendant named Penn, as the surviving ones are through lineages via women who changed their name for marriage.

But a random bit that I found funny was that he had kids in both the US and the UK (from different wives I believe), but all the descendants from his US kids eventually returned to the UK (one dated Prince William) and all this descendants from his UK kids eventually moved to the US.

https://billypenn.com/2017/09/04/no-youre-not-a-descendant-of-william-penn/

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TheBSQ t1_iwme4iq wrote

Until I started reading about this museum I never knew that this Calder, the modern sculpture Calder who did the colorful mobile art, was related to the Calder that did the William Penn statue on city hall.

Probably common knowledge for Philly natives, but I’m a transplant.

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John_EightThirtyTwo t1_iwokllf wrote

The sculptor of William Penn is this guy's grandfather. The one in between -- the father of the mobile maker -- made the Swann Fountain in Logan Circle.

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electric_ranger t1_iwlysz7 wrote

All my fellow Penn Staters will of course remember Calder's heroic contribution to our underage drinking, Calder Way and Calder Commons.

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