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Historic Germantown (250 words) |
 | During the Revolution, the Battle of Germantown was fought up and down the main street, with muskets firing from house windows. |
| Today, Germantown is undoubtedly a very urbanized region; however, the historical sites have been very well preserved by the active Historical Society and the National Park Service. |
| The IHA is a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1942. |
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Germantown - LoveToKnow 1911 (1101 words) |
| The Germantown Academy was built in 1760, and after the battle of Germantown was used by the British as a hospital. |
| The first school in Germantown was established about 1701, and for the first eighteen years was under the mastership of Francis Daniel Pastorius (1651-1719), theleaderin founding the town, who lived in a house that stood on the site of the present First Methodist Episcopal church, High Street and Main Street. |
| Germantown was founded in October 1683 by thirteen families from Crefeld, Germany, under the leadership of Francis Daniel Pastorius. |
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