Brandywine Stories

Brandywine Stories: The Oldest Sound in West Chester

Written by Malcolm Johnstone

Listen for the courthouse bell when you’re in the borough.

Brandywine Stories: The Final Words of Frederick Douglass

Written by Malcolm Johnstone

And a lasting tribute in West Chester.

Brandywine Stories: The Teenage Revolutionary

Written by Malcolm Johnstone

Marquis de Lafayette and his connection to Chester County.

Brandywine Stories: Bayard Rustin, A Renaissance Man

Written by Malcolm Johnstone

An activist with a local connection.

Brandywine Stories: West Chester’s Shipwrecked Entrepreneur

Written by Malcolm Johnstone

How disaster changed William Everhart’s life.

Brandywine Stories: Pennsylvania’s Own, James Buchanan

Written by Malcolm Johnstone

An ill-fated president.