Past Events

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History Of The Boardgame Monopoly (Henry George School & Birthplace Museum, from Sep 27, 2008 10:00 AM to Sep 27, 2008 11:30 AM)

Love it or hate it nearly everyone has played it. What role did MONOPOLY’s Philadelphia area origins play in undermining the reason for the game’s 1903 development? Video shorts and an extensive early Monopoly board collection accompany this unique presentation. Presented by Richard Biddle, Director of the Henry George School & Birthplace Museum in Philadelphia.

History Of The Boardgame Monopoly (Henry George School & Birthplace Museum, from Sep 27, 2008 10:00 AM to Sep 27, 2008 11:30 AM)

Love it or hate it nearly everyone has played it. What role did MONOPOLY’s Philadelphia area origins play in undermining the reason for the game’s 1903 development? Video shorts and an extensive early Monopoly board collection accompany this unique presentation. Presented by Richard Biddle, Director of the Henry George School & Birthplace Museum in Philadelphia.

FED UP! (2002) (Henry George School & Birthplace Museum, from Sep 26, 2008 06:30 PM to Sep 26, 2008 08:30 PM)

About 70 % of the food we eat contains unlabeled genetically-modified ingredients. This film offers a compelling insight into our modern chemicalized and mechanized food production system and its systematic destruction of our land and natural resources. Have family farmers around the globe been branded for extinction? 58 minutes