July 13, 2026
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Dravo Corporation and the US Navy
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The Delaware Valley’s second city, Wilmington, Delaware, was the home of the Dravo Corporation. At a time when the country needed ships, Dravo built eight vessels that helped win World War II. Learn their histories from these thumb-nail bios.
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May 19, 2021 2 Comments
There is an 1857 song about a little brown church which became part of the American experience. It helped a young song-writer remember part of his youthful years, it helped pay for a medical school education, and it remains one of Christianity’s most performed hymns.