The Boals of Boalsburg: Two Hundred Years of a Pennsylvania Heritage

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on The Boals of Boalsburg: Two Hundred Years of a Pennsylvania Heritage What is the story of America? The question stirs the imagina­tion, conjuring romantic im­ages of stalwart pioneers stalking the vast wilderness, of hardworking farming families toiling from sunrise long past sunset, and of village mer­chants eking out meager livelihoods in America’s heartland. Much of the story is devoted to the fledging hamlets and em­bryonic communities and their...
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Centre County

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Centre County Centre County, as its name implies, geographically is Pennsylvania’s central county. The first known residents to inhabit its lands were the Munsee and Shawnee Indians from the Delaware River. Before 1725 these Indians began to move westward, first to the Susquehanna, later to the Ohio. The Iroquois, who claimed the Susquehanna country, assigned one of their chiefs – a man best known...
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Executive Director’s Message

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Executive Director’s Message The fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II is being observed throughout the Commonwealth with a remarkable array of public events. from a large butter sculpture depicting the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima displayed at this year’s Farm Show in January to a special exhibit devoted to wartime efforts on the home front installed in our own Mobile Museum, Pennsylvanians are...
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Heritage Highlights

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Heritage Highlights Brandywine Battlefield Park, Chadds Ford Revolutionary Times at Brandywine, September 17, 1995 Cornwall Iron Furnace, Cornwall Lecture: “Joanna Furnace”, August 8, 1995 Drake Well Museum, Titusville Annual Oil Field Picnic, July 2, 1995 Antique Automobile Show, July 9, 1995 Pioneer Steam and Gas Engine Society’s Fall Gas Up, September 16, 1995 Eckley Miners’ Village,...
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Heritage Highlights

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Heritage Highlights Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro Daniel Boone Birthday Program, November 3, 1996 Christmas at the Homestead, December 8, 1996 Brandywine Battlefield Park, Chadds Ford Chadds Ford Candlelight Christmas Tours, December 1, 1996 Cornwall Iron Furnace, Cornwall Christmas at Cornwall Iron Furnace, December 5-6, 1996 Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata Apple Dumpling Festival, October 12, 1996 Christmas at the...
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Heritage Highlights

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Heritage Highlights Hope Lodge, Fort Washington 250th Anniversary Living History Celebration, March 9, 1997 Old Economy Village, Ambridge Garden Workshop, March 22, 1997 Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum, Scranton Lecture: “A Musical History of the Ukulele”, January 11, 1997 Lecture: “The Mollie Maguires: “Fiction and a Few Facts”, February 2, 1997 Lecture: “The...
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Heritage Highlights

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Heritage Highlights Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette Grand Opening: “The March to Bushy Run”, April 12, 1997 Spring Nature Walk, May 17, 1997 Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro Revolutionary War School of the Soldier Program, April 26-27, 1997 Children’s Day, May 4, 1997 Drake Well Museum, Titusville Engine Start-up Day, April 26, 1997 Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly Patch Town Day, June 29,...
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Pennsylvania Military Museum

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Pennsylvania Military Museum The Pennsylvania Military Museum at Boalsburg in Centre County portrays the endeavors of the Commonwealth’s citizen soldiers at war and peace from 1747 to the present. Special exhibits include the Hall of Weapons, a gallery featuring vintage photographs and posters, displays of memorabilia from several wars, and a life-size diorama re-creating the sights and sounds of a World War I...
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Executive Director’s Message

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Executive Director’s Message Travel Diary – Autumn 1997 A busy week of commem­orative events in September calls attention to important themes in our history. I cannot help but notice the growing number of historical figures – known to many as living historians, reenactors, first-person interpreters, impersonators, or character actors – participating in these occasions. Apparently an appropriately costumed...
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Heritage Highlights

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Heritage Highlights Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro Children’s Day, May 3, 1998 Program: “The Horse in Colonial Pennsylvania”, May 17, 1998 Evening on the Green, June 6, 1998 Brandywine Battlefield Park, Chadds Ford Summer History Camp, June 2-August 14, 1998 Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette Family Heirloom Documentation Day, May 16, 1998 Program: “A Day in the Life of a Pennsylvania...
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