By Glynn Wilson – Beginning around the time of the first Thanksgiving harvest feast in North America in the 1620s, European settlers almost wiped out native wild turkeys on the continent by the early-20th century. Conservation efforts since the 1970s, however, have been successful, and the population has made a comeback to an estimated 7…
By Glynn Wilson – PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — When Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743, 33 years before he signed the Declaration of Independence as a member of the Continental Congress, he recognized the need for an organization that would bring together the brightest thinkers of the day to share their scientific experiments…
Our Future May Very Well Be Decided in This Election – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – While standing in line to enter the hallowed grounds of Independence Square and Independence Hall, I heard a family speaking French behind me. We struck up a conversation in English, and I thanked…
Camping, Hiking and Boating at Kymulga Grist Mill and Covered Bridge Park
