WMAN Historic Preservation Initiative and Cliveden of the National Trust present the Old House Care 2025 Workshop Series! WMAN’s Historic Preservation Initiative champions the economic, environmental, and community benefits of saving our historic places. Increase your knowledge on common house care topics through this three part workshop series. On Tuesday, April 22nd, Ray Tschoepe and
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Join your neighbors from across Montgomery and Bucks Counties and Northeast Philly for the 3rd Annual Crooked Billet History Fair — which celebrates the Revolutionary War’s Battle of the Crooked Billet — a wonderful afternoon for adults, seniors, families, students, kids, educators, enthusiasts, and anyone who loves history and their community! The 2025 fair –
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Saturday, April 26 from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Sheep Shearing Day Experience springtime on a colonial farm! Watch our farmers shear our sheep to get them ready for the warm weather. Then, follow the “wool to wardrobe” process as our living historians demonstrate spinning, weaving, and other textile crafts. Hear about all the various
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Join Cliveden, the African American Genealogy Group of Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and PWPvideo on Wednesday, March 12th at 7pm to share work and debut three videos for our project, Illuminating Hidden Lives. The project seeks to uplift stories of free and enslaved African Americans in the Mid-Atlantic region and make these stories
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5K Duck Dash: 9am | Family Fun Festival:10am-1pm | Duck Races start at 10:30am Help support healthy waterways in our community! Held in partnership with Concord Township, this event is a fundraiser to help raise money to preserve and protect the watershed in the park at Newlin Grist Mill.
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Saturday, February 1 from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Weathering the Winter Winters were harsh in the 18th century, but even in cold and snowy weather there was still plenty of work to do around the farm. Fires had to be built, food preserved and cooked, and animals needed tending. Visit the Farmstead on February
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In collaboration with 1838 Black Metropolis, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania presents Free, As One: Black Worldmaking in the Pennsylvania Abolition Society Papers highlighting themes of Black self-determination and leadership from the 1770s onward in the abolition movement of the Mid-Atlantic region. Drawing from the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (PAS) collection and commemorating the 250th anniversary
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Join author Molly Lester and photographer Michael Bixler to discuss their new book, Building Ghosts: Past Lives and Lost Places in a Changing City (Temple University Press, November 2024), and the ghosts that reveal new truths and provocations about the changing city. For this engaging event, Lester and Bixler explain and explore “Building ghosts,” the
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Join the Young Friends of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for a festive evening mixer at HSP! Enjoy cocktails, music, light hors d’oeuvres, and a special document display featuring Mummers, Wanamaker’s iconic Christmas light show, holiday celebrations in early America, and other festive treasures from HSP’s collection.
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On November 8, 2024 from 7 to 9 PM, The Head & The Hand (H&H Books) will be hosting a release party at american grammar for the publication of three chapbooks as the finale to its 2023-2024 Riverwards Arts & Letters Series. These chapbooks are visual-literary collaborations between artist Manuela Guillén and poet Pthalo, artist
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