Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
Robert Eastburn and his wife, Sarah Preston, came to Philadelphia from Yorkshire, England in 1713. In 1723, the Eastburn family was among the first settlers of the Swedesford section of Upper Merion township. This family owned a property off of East Valley Forge Road. Here are a few excerpts from The Eastburn Family Genealogical and Historical Record. …… Benjamin Eastburn
Youth football in King of Prussia “kicked off” in 1956 when the King of Prussia Indians team was formed by Mary and Dave Vannicelli. The organization was a youth-oriented athletics program offering supervised competitive football games and related activities, such as cheerleading. The main objective of the King of Prussia Football Association, as stated in it’s constitution, was “to implant
The first section of the King of Prussia Plaza opened September 18, 1962. It consisted of an Acme Supermarket and a 172,000 square feet, two-story E. J. Korvette department store, complete with air-conditioning and escalator service. E. J. Korvettes was among the first big anchor stores for the new King of Prussia Plaza shopping mall. A popular, and false, story
During our program on the history of Upper Merion Area Schools, we saw some examples of how the Bridgeport and Upper Merion high schools responded to World War II in their respective year books. In the 1943 Pioneer, the patriotism of the entire school community was evident in the reflections plus the numerous war related graphics, eagles and flags. Perhaps