Heritage Highlights
Written by PA Heritage Staff in the Heritage Highlights category and the Summer 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
- Summer History Camp (Ages 6 through 10), July 21-August 15, 1986
- Exhibit: “Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati”, Through September 30, 1986
Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette
- Anniversary of the Battle of Bushy Run (Reenactment of Battle, 2 P.M.), August 2-3, 1986
Conrad Weiser Homestead, Womelsdorf
- Friends of the Conrad Weiser Homestead Benefit Dog Show (9 A.M. to 5 P.M.), July 13, 1986
- Rye and Flax Day (12 to 5 P.M.), August 17, 1986
Cornwall Iron Furnace, Cornwall
- Cornwall Country Fair (12 to 5 P. M.), July 13, 1986
- Associates Program: “Architecture of the Keystone State” (7:30 P.M.), August 12, 1986
Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro
- Brigade of the American Revolution Grand Encampment (9 A.M. to 5 P.M.), August 9-10, 1986
Drake Well Museum, Titusville
- “Old Fashioned Oil Field Picnic” (12 to 5 P.M.), August 24, 1986
- 127th Anniversary of the Drake Well, August 27, 1986
Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata
- Vorspiel – Historical Musical Drama (Pre-performance tours on the half-hour from 6:30 to 8 P.M.), July-August (Saturdays), 1986
Hope Lodge / Mather Mill, Fort Washington
- Hope Lodge Concert Series (6 to 8 P.M.), July 16, August 20, 1986
- Colonial Garden Party, July 12, 1986
- Military History Lecture (1 to 3 P.M.), July 26, 1986
- Fibers Weekend (1 to 4 P.M.), August 16-17, 1986
- Stitches in Time (1 to 3 P.M.), August 23, 1986
Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland
- Band Concert: Sunbury Legion Band (7:30 P.M.), July 17, 1986
- Oxygen Day (1 to 4 P.M.), August 3, 1986
Old Economy Village, Ambridge
- Four Craft Summer Sessions for Children, July 7-August 1, 1986
Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley, Lancaster
- Country Picnic Day (12 to 5 P.M.), August 3, 1986
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg
- Victorian Fair (Saturday 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.; Sunday 12 to 5 P.M.), August 16-17, 1986
Somerset Historical Center, Somerset
- Workshop: “Herbs-Growing, Drying and Using Herbs from Cooking to Cosmetics” (1:30 P.M.), August 3, 1986
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
- Exhibition: “Rocking Furniture”, Through October 6, 1986
- Exhibition: “Forgotten Images: Photography in Germantown, 1840-1927”, Through September, 1986
- Exhibition: “Sam Kuhnert, Flying Photographer”, Through January 1987
- Exhibition: “Philadelphia Sword” (9 A.M. to 5 P.M.), Through September 29, 1986
Washington Crossing Historic Park, Washington Crossing
- Weekend Craft Demonstrations (Each Saturday 10 A.M. to 4 P.M., Each Sunday 12 to 4 P.M.), Through August 31, 1986
- Exploring Nature Programs (1.0:30 to Noon, every Saturday), July 5-26, 1986
- Gazebo Games – 18th and 19th Century Games (10 A.M. to 2 P.M.), July 28, August 4, 1986
- Knowing Native Plants, Walk in the Woods (2 P.M.), August 16, 1986