Author: Doug Humes

General Smedley Butler was a man of contradictions. He was born in 1881 in West…

If you’ve been reading Newtown Edgmont Friends & Neighbors for a while, you know that…

Several years ago, I came across the grave of William F. Snite at the Marple…

We celebrate Memorial Day, the memory of D-Day, the 4th of July and Veterans Day….

We take great pride in reminding Newtown residents that the Father of American Painting, Benjamin…

The early settlement of Pennsylvania, like Massachusetts, was primarily driven by religion. People with views…

Germany had its Brothers Grimm, and Newtown had the Sisters Grim: two local girls who…

A few years ago, I was given an old book on Quaker history. Inside was…

While searching for a topic this month, I came across a set of 1939 photographs…

The first “9-11” tragedy in American history was the Battle of Brandywine on September 11,…