Heritage Highlights

Written by in the Heritage Highlights category and the Fall 1986 issue Topics in this article:
Heritage Highlights is a list of forthcoming exhibits, events and programs at PHMC sites and other statewide historical organizations.

Brandywine Battlefield Park, Chadds Ford

  • Apple Grapple Fall Festival (11 A.M. to 4 P.M.), October 11, 1986

Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette

  • Thanksgiving at Bushy Run, November 15, 1986

Conrad Weiser Homestead, Womelsdorf

  • Ephrata Cloister Chorus Concert (3:30 P.M.), September 21, 1986
  • Conrad Weiser’s Birthday Celebration Candlelight tours (6:30 to 8:00 P.M.), November 1, 1986

Cornwall Iron Furnace, Cornwall

  • Lecture: “Hessian Ditch at Elizabeth Furnace and Penryn Park” (7:30 P.M.), November 11, 1986
  • Iron Country Christmas (12 to 5 P.M.), December 7, 1986

Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro

  • Daniel Boone’s Birthday Celebration (12 to 5 P.M.), November 2, 1986

Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly

  • Lecture: The Lattimer Massacre (3 P.M.), September 21, 1986
  • Lecture: John Mitchell (3 P.M.), October 26, 1986

Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata

  • Apple Dumpling Festival (11 A.M. to 4 P.M.), October 11, 1986

Graeme Park, Horsham

  • Concert: Scottish traditional music (7:30 P.M.), October 11, 1986
  • Scottish Heritage Festival (12 to 5 P.M.), October 12, 1986
  • Holiday Craft Show (9 A.M. to 5 P.M.), November 14-15, 1986

Hope Lodge / Mather Mill, Fort Washington

  • Lecture: “Ceramics of Southeastern Pennsylvania” (1 to 3 P.M.), September 27, 1986
  • Hope Lodge Heritage Day and Rededication (1 to 4 P.M.), October 19, 1986
  • Reenactment: Whitemarsh Encampment, November 1-2, 1986

Old Economy Village, Ambridge

  • Erntefest: Fall Food and Craft Festival (11 A.M. to 5 P.M.), September 27, 1986

Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville

  • English Market Fair (10 A.M. to 5 P.M.), September 20-21, 1986
  • Workshop: “Putting Your Garden to Bed” (1 to 3 P.M.), October 5, 1986
  • Harvest Day (10 A.M. to 2 P.M.), October 16, 1986
  • Forum: “Quakers in the Delaware Valley”, October 24-25, 1986
  • Workshop: “Springtime in November: Forcing Spring Bulbs” (10 A.M. to 12 P.M.), November 3, 1986

Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley, Lancaster

  • Pennsylvania German Harvest Days (12 to 5 P.M.), October 4-5, 1986
  • Horseless Carriage Day (9 A.M. to 5 P.M.), October 18, 1986

Somerset Historical Center, Somerset

  • Dress in Southwestern Pennsylvania (1:30 P.M.), November 9, 1986

The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg

  • Symposium: “Women Volunteers as Agents of Change”, September 29, 1986
  • Exhibition: “Pennsylvania Families of Perching Birds”, October 4, 1986-May 31, 1987
  • Aviation Film Series (7:30 P.M.), October 4, 11, 18, 25, 1986
  • Archeology Workshops (8:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.), November 22, 1986

Washington Crossing Historic Park, Washington Crossing

  • Bucks County Handweavers Guild Annual Show and Sale (10 A.M. to 4 P.M.), November 21-23, 1986
  • Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve Craft Sale (10 A.M. to 4 P.M.), November 22, 1986