Historical Society of Franford November Meeting and Lecture
The Historical Society of Frankford today announced that HSF member and Revolutionary War historian Robert N. Fanelli will address its monthly meeting and lecture on Tuesday, November 10 at the Society’s library/museum at 1507 Orthodox St, Philadelphia. His topic will be Allen McLane at The Rocks, in honor of the Semiquincentennial. A tale of the American Revolution widely known in the past but less so today, early on the morning of June 8, 1778, Captain Allen McLane and his company of cavalry rode into a British ambush at the upper end of Frankford. Knowing the countryside well and “preferring death
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