Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
The Moon Tree in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania is planted at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems facility on Goddard Blvd. Located by the cafeteria, the sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) was planted on June 30, 1976 as part of the Bicentennial celebration at what was then the Valley Forge Space Technology Center of the General Electric Space Division. Nearby is a tulip
As reported in a January 9, 1967 Times Herald article…. When Upper Merion School Directors voted to name a new school on Caley Road, Abrams, “King of Prussia Elementary School,” residents objected. They pointed out to school officials that the proposed project, formerly know as Sweetbriar, was neither in King of Prussia or near it. King of Prussia was considered
On August 25, 2016 the National Parks Service celebrates it’s 100 year anniversary, but Valley Forge National Historical Park has only been part of the NPS for 40 years. Valley Forge was established as the first state park of Pennsylvania in 1893 by the Valley Forge Park Commission “to preserve, improve, and maintain as a public park the site on
After years of planning, on Sunday, August 20, 2000, the King of Prussia Inn was moved from it’s original location at the intersection of US Route 202 and Gulph Road to Bill Smith Boulevard on land donated by PECO Energy Company. That planning included several archeological investigations conducted by PennDOT between 1991 and 2000. A number of features and artifacts