Heritage Highlights

Written by in the Heritage Highlights category and the Summer 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.

Brandywine Battlefield Park, Chadds Ford

  • Folkfest: Folk Music From the Delaware Valley (Afternoon), July 6, 1985

Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette

  • Lecture and Guided Hikes: “Wildflowers” (12 to 5 P.M.), June 9, 1985
  • Bushy Run Assembly: French and Indian War History and Re-enactment, June 15-16, 1985
  • Battlefield Tours and Picnics (9 A.M. to 5 P.M.), July 4, 1985
  • Slide Program and Tours: Bouquet’s Road (12 to 5 P.M.), July 21, 1985

Cornwall Iron Furnace, Cornwall

  • Ceremony: National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark (12 P.M.), June 8, 1985
  • Lecture: “James Buchanan and the Coleman Connection” (7:30 P.M.), June 11, 1985
  • Cornwall Country Fair (1 to 5 P.M.), July 9, 1985

Drake Well Museum, Titusville

  • Annual Celebration: Completion of the World’s First Oil Well, August 27, 1985

Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata

  • Musical Historical Drama: “Vorspiel” (9 P.M.), July 13, 20, 27, August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 1985

Graeme Park, Horsham

  • Children’s History Program: Learning About Colonial Days, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 1985

Mather Mill, Fort Washington

  • Juried Exhibit: Oreland Art Center (Tues-Sat., 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.; Sun., 12 to 5 P.M.), June 12-23, 1985

Old Economy Village, Ambridge

  • Kunstfest: 19th Century Craft Festival (11 A.M. to 5 P.M.), June 1-2, 1985
  • Dinner Lecture Series (Thurs. evenings 6:30 to 9 P.M.). Registration fee charged, August 8-29, 1985

Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville

  • Family Event: “Dads in Penn’s Time” (10:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.), June 15, 1985
  • Volunteer Training, June 24-28, 1985
  • Preschooler and Parent Day Camp, July 9-11, 1985
  • Elementary School Day Camp, July 23-26, 1985

Pennsylvania Farm Museum, Lancaster

  • Craft Days: 18th and 19th Century Craft Demonstrations (12 to 5 P.M.), June 1-2, 1985
  • Seminars and Workshops: Institute of Pennsylvania Rural Life and Culture, June 17-21, 1985
  • Country Day Picnic (12 to 5 P.M.), July 28, 1985

Pennsylvania Military Museum, Boalsburg

  • Antique Automobile Show (9 A.M. to 5 P.M.), June 30, 1985
  • Arts and Crafts Show (10 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., August 3, 1985