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SUMMARY:Jewish Heritage Month Tours at Woodford Mansion
DESCRIPTION:The story of Woodford Mansion’s Jewish heritage begins w
 ith a London-born New Yorker, Bilah Abigail Levy Franks, whose letters
  to England paint a vivid portrait of Jewish life in 18th-century Amer
 ica. Out of this respected and successful Jewish merchant family, her 
 son, David Franks married a Philadelphia Christian, Margaret Evans, an
 d in 1771 purchased Woodford Mansion. While David was deeply entrenche
 d in Colonial trade and enterprise, his daughter, Rebecca, was a Loyal
 ist socialite who favored the British forces occupying Philadelphia. V
 isit Woodford Mansion between Wednesday, May 24th and Sunday, May 28t
 h to hear about the Franks family, their influence on Woodford, and a
 bout Jewish life in 18th-century Philadelphia on these special tours t
 hat will commemorate Jewish Heritage Month.\n\nFor more information vi
 sit http://phillytodo.com/events/jewish-heritage-month-tours-at-woodfo
 rd-mansion
DTSTART:20170524T140000Z
DTEND:20170528T200000Z
CATEGORIES:history, jewish, heritage, fairmount, park, site
LOCATION:Woodford Mansion
WEBSITE:http://woodfordmansion.org/index.php
URL:http://woodfordmansion.org/index.php
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ORGANIZER:Woodford Mansion
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Bryan Ch
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