Comments on: Girard College https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/girard-college/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=girard-college Connecting the Past with the Present, Building Community, Creating a Legacy Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:41:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: L. Barker https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/girard-college/comment-page-1/#comment-1591591 Fri, 16 Jul 2021 04:43:26 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=2961#comment-1591591 My father was raised at Girard College, so was his brother., in the early 1900’s! All of his life he
has tried to obtain information about his birth parents! He passed away in 1986 never knowing!

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By: Robert Costello, Class of 1964 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/girard-college/comment-page-1/#comment-1586792 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 02:19:56 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=2961#comment-1586792 Need updated information on surviving classmates of my class of 1964 and my brothers of 1958. Carpe diem.

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By: Phyllis Keen https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/girard-college/comment-page-1/#comment-1570647 Sun, 10 May 2020 15:06:20 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=2961#comment-1570647 Excellent informative will read later so much controversy about Mr. Girard but reading ???? he seem to be pretty nice and had his stipulation for his reason.

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By: Pablo215 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/girard-college/comment-page-1/#comment-1476794 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 17:27:50 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=2961#comment-1476794 All Black college today !! I grew up in Philadelphia my whole life thought that school was for blacks only …

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By: Joseph G. Zanghi 54' https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/girard-college/comment-page-1/#comment-1417271 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:41:35 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=2961#comment-1417271 A historic record of the past operations of Stephen Girard’s – “Girard College” as he envisioned and mandated it to be in his Will. An informing and must see website by all of Stephen Girard’s adopted sons.

http://www.stephengirardsgirardcollege.com

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By: Dee https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/girard-college/comment-page-1/#comment-91985 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:36:08 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=2961#comment-91985 I was just wondering if there are any poor white boy orphans at Girard College now?

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By: Post “Holiday” — Pre “Gypsy” — Part 1 « It started with "Holiday for Lovers" https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/girard-college/comment-page-1/#comment-55408 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 06:21:00 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=2961#comment-55408 […] the boarding school. . . you see, my daddy died when I was nine years old and I was sent off to a school for fatherless boys where I lived from March of 1954 until I graduated high school in June, 1960, two months after my […]

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