Heritage Highlights

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Heritage Highlights Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette Spring Nature Walk, May 8, 1993 Lecture: “Trade Muskets: Fact or Fiction?”, June 19, 1993 230th Battle Anniversary Commemoration, August 7-8, 1993 Cornwall Iron Furnace, Cornwall Cornwall Furnace Country Fair, July 17, 1993 Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly Patch Town Day, June 27, 1993 Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata Discovery Days: Indians of the...
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Heritage Highlights

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Heritage Highlights Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro First Pennsylvania Regiment Flintlock Shoot, September 11-12, 1993 Architectural Heritage Day, October 17, 1993 Brandywine Battlefield Park, Chadds Ford Annual Battle of Brandywine Reenactment, September 19, 1993 Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette Fall Nature Walk and Tour, October 16, 1993 Drake Well Museum, Titusville Fall Gas- up Engine Exhibit and...
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Shorts

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Shorts The descendants of natural­ist John Bartram and members of the John Bartram Associa­tion will celebrate the centennials of the association and the family reunion during the weekend of June 25-27 [1993]. The event will feature tours of Historic Bartram’s Garden, speakers, bus tours, and a gala picnic on the grounds to commemorate the family’s first reunion in 1893. To obtain...
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Heritage Highlights

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Heritage Highlights Brandywine Battlefield Park, Chadds Ford Summer History Camps for Children, June 12-August 13, 1993 Annual Battle Reenactment, September 19, 1993 Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette Lecture: “Trade Muskets: Fact or Fiction?”, June 19, 1993 230th Battle Anniversary Commemoration, August 7-8, 1993 Lecture: “The Hunting Pouch of the Colonial Period”, September 18, 1993 Cornwall...
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Heritage Highlights

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Heritage Highlights Brandywine Battlefield Park, Chadds Ford Christmas Candlelight Tours, December 4, 1993 Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette Lecture: “Civilian Clothing of the Ohio Valley, 1754-1764”, October 23, 1993 Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro Daniel Boone Birthday Celebration, November 7, 1993 Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly Christmas in Eckley, December 4-5, 1993 Ephrata Cloister,...
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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 Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette Lecture: “Powder Homs of the Pennsylvania Frontier”, November 11, 1995 Cornwall Iron Furnace, Cornwall Lecture: “The Henry Clay Furnace, Lancaster County: An Archaeological Perspective”, October 10, 1995 Candlelight Christmas Tours, December 7-8, 1995 Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly Lecture: “Superstitions, Folklore and...
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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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Currents

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Currents Wrecks and Rescues In the early nineteenth century, the shore posed great danger to sailing ships seeking to reach port. The long and lonely approaches to coastal cities, such as Philadelphia, were poorly marked stretches of sand dunes and salt marshes with a few isolated settlements. Unexpected storms with winds blowing from the northeast could suddenly force a ship onto perilous sandbars...
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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 21, 1997 Candlelight Christmas in Chadds Ford, December 6, 1997 Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly A Children’s Christmas in Eckley, December 6-7, 1997 Christmas in Eckley, December 14, 1997 Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata Bread and Butter “Hands-On” Activities for Young Visitors, November 15,...
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