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This user lives in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Joined in April, 2016.

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Asbury AME Church

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David Reese Esrey

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First Baptist Church (Philadelphia)

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J. Lewis Crozer Library

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Oddur Golf Club

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Upland Baptist Church

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Flora M. Vare

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Charles R. Ellet

... that 19-year-old Union Army colonel Charles R. Ellet (pictured) ran two separate steam-powered ram ships past the batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the American Civil War?(October 17, 2020)
... that a rare microscope designed by Joseph Zentmayer is on display at the Delaware County Institute of Science?(November 18, 2020)
... that the 1.5 million cubic yards (1.1 million m³) of asbestos waste at the BoRit Asbestos Superfund site in Ambler, Pennsylvania, was known colloquially as the "White Mountains" by local residents?(February 2, 2021)
... that Powell Clayton, the ninth governor of Arkansas, declared martial law in 1868 in response to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and violence against African Americans and Republicans?(April 25, 2021)
... that 47,000 bodies from Lafayette Cemetery in Philadelphia were reinterred to allow for the construction of a playground?(May 16, 2021)
... that when the New Jersey–born military officer Samuel Gibbs French sided with the South in the U.S. Civil War, residents of Woodbury, New Jersey, hanged him in effigy and stormed his summer home?(November 20, 2021)

Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery

... that Glenwood Memorial Gardens in Broomall, Pennsylvania, was initially established in 1849 as Glenwood Cemetery (pictured) in North Philadelphia and contained the graves of 702 Union soldiers?(February 5, 2022)

Cheshire Hall Main House ruins

... that during the late 1700s, Cheshire Hall Plantation (pictured) was the largest house and estate on Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands?(April 28, 2022)
... that Henry Wilson Hodge served as the director of military railroads for the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I?(May 4, 2022)
... that Ruth L. Bennett provided shelter for more than 2,000 black women and girls who migrated North to Chester, Pennsylvania as part of the Great Migration?(June 17, 2022)
... that Leverington Cemetery has the most orbs and apparitions in Philadelphia?(February 6, 2023)

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

... that the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (pictured) in Springtown, New Jersey was used by Harriet Tubman to help fugitive slaves escape?(February 15, 2023)
... that when the J. Lewis Crozer Library was founded in 1769, it had 163 books?(September 9, 2023)

Deshong Art Museum

... that a teenage boy stole over US$300,000 worth of paintings from the Deshong Art Museum (pictured) by simply taking them off the wall and sliding them through a window?(November 23, 2023)
... that Walt Whitman's brain was donated to the American Anthropometric Society but was accidently destroyed?(February 1, 2024)
... that John Morin Scott, the mayor of Philadelphia, responded to the 1842 Lombard Street riot by mostly arresting black victims?(April 24, 2024)
... that the two marble statues flanking the Dellwood Cemetery gates represent Mourning and Resurrection?(June 13, 2024)
... that Alfred Sully, who led US forces during the Sioux Wars, was married to a Yankton Sioux woman?(October 11, 2024)
... that the funds from the sale of burial lots at Cathedral Cemetery in Philadelphia were intended for the construction of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul?(December 7, 2024)

Recognition

	The Original Barnstar
	For your work on Pennsylvania political articles. Bearian (talk) 21:23, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Nice work improving Charles R. Ellet. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:11, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

		The Good Article Barnstar
		For leaping cheerfully to the task made more daunting by the introduction of new sources, I present you the Good Article Barnstar for great improvements made to the biography article Charles R. Ellet. Cheers! Binksternet (talk) 15:47, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Pennsylvania people and places

Thank you for quality articles around places and people in the history and cultue of Pennsylvania, such as Charles R. Ellet, Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard, Thomas Valentine Cooper and Calvary Baptist Church (Chester, Pennsylvania), in service from 2016 for content and nothing but content, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2455 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:02, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Great job promoting Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church to DYK! I'm working on historical sites in the US myself and your article is an excellent example of what the standard should be. Happy editing! MX (✉ • ✎) 16:27, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

		The Biography Barnstar
		For your much-appreciated contributions to Matthew Newkirk. PRRfan (talk) 15:23, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

		The DYK Barnstar
		Congrats! I just saw your article on the front page and wanted to offer congratulations on improving it to pass GA and DYK reviews, Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 03:30, 22 November 2023 (UTC)