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Upcoming Events
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- Mar 28, 2024, 6:00 PMAthenaeum of Philadelphia, 219 S 6th St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USAAmy Cohen will discuss the long and influential presence of African Americans in Phila. and how this history is reflected in monuments, markers, murals, and so forth. She will focus on the importance of Washington Square as a gathering place for free and enslaved Black people during the 18th C. $15
- Multiple DatesMar 28, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PMChester County History Center, 225 N High St, West Chester, PA 19380, USAJoin costumed guides in this outdoor tour of downtown West Chester. On this stroll through the borough, we will stop at various landmarks to tell the individual stories of some of the remarkable women that shaped West Chester from colonial times to the present. $15
- Mar 30, 2024, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PMKennett Library, 320 E State St, Kennett Square, PA 19348, USAThe United Daughters of the Confederacy's created an American History that dismissed abolitionists as misguided liberals who threatened America. This talk discusses their impact and how local historical associations are reclaiming a more accurate historical narrative.
- Mar 30, 2024, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PMColonial PA Plantation, 3900 N Sandy Flash Dr, Newtown Square, PA 19073, USACelebrate the spring season and opening day at the farm with an Easter Egg Hunt and spring activities at Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation. Egg Hunts at 11 am and 1 pm. Enjoy hands-on farm activities and a show from Tuckers’ Tales Puppet Theatre! $10-12. Pre-reg required
- Apr 02, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AMMiddletown Free Library, 464 S Old Middletown Rd, Media, PA 19063, USACome learn about Genealogy and get started on researching your ancestors! Learn how to set up your family tree and figure out what the Ancestry DNA kits are all about. Or get help with your current research! Feel free to bring your own laptop/tablet, but we do have a few to borrow.
- Apr 02, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PMOnline- registration requiredSmithsonian Curator Paula J. Johnson will discuss several stories featured in Smithsonian American Table, with an emphasis on those that intersect most directly with the Smithsonian’s research, collecting, and programming around food history.
- Multiple DatesApr 02, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PMZoom-registration requiredTreasure Philly! is the Philadelphia Historical Commission’s cultural resources survey pilot. Since summer 2023, the Treasure Philly! team has partnered with community members to document the history of the area around Broad, Germantown, and Erie (BGE) through storytelling and survey. $10-15/90-110
- Apr 02, 2024, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PMSpringfield Township Library, 70 Powell Rd, Springfield, PA 19064, USAFrom WWII to 1991, USS New Jersey and her 50,000 collective crew members earned 19 battle stars making her the most decorated battleship in American history. Learn how the ship was built in only three years, and much more in this presentation by Battleship New Jersey museum staff.
- Apr 03, 2024, 10:00 AM – Apr 05, 2024, 3:00 PMWind Creek Bethlehem, 77 Wind Creek Blvd, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USAPennsylvania’s premier networking, training, and inspirational event for people working to conserve land. Sessions, workshops, plenary sessions and receptions (some extra charges). $133-465
- Apr 03, 2024, 6:30 PM – 7:00 PMTinicum Memorial Public Library, 620 Seneca St, Essington, PA 19029, USAIn 1850, the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania was founded in Philadelphia as the first fully authorized medical school in the world for women to earn an MD. This is the story of Dr. Ann Preston, one of the nation's first woman doctors and the first woman dean of a medical school.
- Multiple DatesApr 04, 2024, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PMNewlin Grist Mill- Log Cabin, 219 Cheyney Rd, Glen Mills, PA 19342, USADeer Creek Malthouse will be at the park on Thursday evenings from April through mid-November for weekly pop-up happy hours. Stop by the Log Cabin to enjoy some drinks, play games, and relax by the creek with friends. A great way to unwind after work or a walk in the park!
- Apr 04, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PMCenter for DesignPhiladelphia, 1218 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USAMichael Newmuis is responsible for aligning all events, opportunities and seminal moments that will honor the U.S. Semiquincentennial. Join DAG for an in-person, off-the-record, discussion with Newmuis, who will share his vision for the future and the semiquincentennial. RSVP
- Multiple DatesApr 04, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PMChadds Ford Historical Society, 1736 Creek Rd, Chadds Ford, PA 19317, USAMr. Tony Shahan, Director at The Newlin Grist Mill, will discuss the restoration of the 1739 Trimble House Kitchen at Newlin Grist Mill. Part of our popular lecture series with a focus on a variety of early food-related practices in the Brandywine Valley. $0/10
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- Apr 06, 2024, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PMSandy Hallow Heritage Park, 1313 Birmingham Rd, West Chester, PA 19382, USAThis annual event brings history enthusiasts together in an effort to help keep our nation’s heritage not only preserved but pristine. Planned Activities: Ground Cleanup, Reinstall fence posts, Other maintenance needs
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