Heritage Highlights

Written by in the Heritage Highlights category and the Spring 1985 issue Topics in this article:
Heritage Highlights is a list of forthcoming exhibits, events and programs at PHMC sites and other statewide historical organizations.

Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette

  • Charter Day Demonstration: Mid-18th Century Soldiers’ Skills (12 to 5 P.M.), March 10, 1985
  • Demonstration and Discussion: Firelock Weapons (12 to 5 P.M.), March 24, 1985
  • Extended Tactical Battlefield Tours (1 and 3 P.M.), April 28, 1985
  • Exhibit: Needlework (12 to 5 P.M.), May 18, 1985
  • Memorial Day Service (9:30 A.M.); Band Concert (2 P.M.), May 27, 1985

Cornwall Iron Furnace, Cornwall

  • Craft Workshop: Quilting (10 A.M. to 2 P.M.), March 2, 1985
  • Program: “History of Cast Iron” (7:30 P.M.), March 12, 1985
  • Program: “Early Iron Making Technology” (7:30 P.M.), April 9, 1985
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers: National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark Ceremony (2 P.M.), June 8, 1985

Graeme Park, Horsham

  • Charter Day: Colonial Crafts, Open House and Tours (12 to 5 P.M.), March 10, 1985
  • Workshops: Quilting (Starting at 10 A.M., Mar. 20, and 1 P.M., Mar. 23), March 20, 23, 1985
  • Exhibit: Fine Art (Wed.-Sat., 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.; Sun., 12 to 5 P.M.), March 30 – April 7, 1985
  • Demonstration: Fireplace Cooking (9 A.M. to 5 P.M.), May 27, 1985

Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland

  • Dr. Priestley’s Birthday: 18th Century Music Program (2 P.M.), March 10, 1985
  • Jubilation Singers (2 P.M.), April 28, 1985
  • Demonstration: Laboratory Experiments (1 to 4 P.M.), May 19, 1985

Old Economy Village, Ambridge

  • Kunstfest (11 A.M. to 5 P.M.), June 1-2, 1985

Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville

  • Workshop: “Preparing a Garden for Spring” (10 A.M. to 12 P.M.), March 23, 1985
  • Workshop: “A Basket for Beginners” (9 A.M. to 5 P.M.), March 25, 1985
  • Cooking Class: “Dinner for the Squire” (9 A.M. to 5 P.M.), March 30, 1985
  • Workshop: “Beginning With Vegetables” (10 A.M. to 12 P.M.), April 13, 1985
  • Meet the People Day (1 to 4 P.M.), April 14, 1985
  • Workshop: “Shrub Pruning” (10 A.M. to 12 P.M.), April 18, 1985
  • Workshop: “May Basket Day” (9 A.M. to 12 P.M.), April 20, 1985
  • Sheep Shearing Day (9:30 A.M. to 3 P.M.), May 2, 1985
  • Program: “Moms in the 17th Century” (10:30 A.M. to 3 P.M.), May 11, 1985

Pennsylvania Farm Museum, Lancaster

  • Antiques Lecture Series (8 P.M.), March 6, 13, 20, 27, 1985
  • Traditional Craft Classes, throughout March, 1985
  • Craft Days (12 to 5 P.M.), June 1-2, 1985

Pennsylvania Military Museum, Boalsburg

  • Girl Scout Jamboree, April 6, 1985
  • Memorial Day Ceremony, May 19, 1985

Pottsgrove Mansion, Pottstown

  • Exhibit Opening: Mid- and Late 19th Century Women’s Clothing, March 10, 1985

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg

  • Exhibit: “The Works of Grif Teller” (Tues.-Sat., 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.; Sun., 12 to 5 P.M.), through April 14, 1985

Somerset Historical Center, Somerset

  • Demonstration and Lecture: “Sugarin’ Off” (1 to 5 P.M.), March 24, 31, 1985
  • Demonstration: Revolutionary War Muster (1 to 5 P.M.), April 28, 1985
  • Demonstration: “Sheep to Shawl” (1 to 5 P.M.), May 19, 1985

U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle

  • Eighth Annual Conference on Black History in Pennsylvania, May 2-3, 1985