Heritage Highlights

Written by in the Heritage Highlights category and the Summer 1997 issue Topics in this article: Ambridge, American Civil War, Battle of Bushy Run, British, Bushy Run Battlefield, Eckley Miners' Village, English, Fort Washington, Galeton, Graeme Park, Harrisburg, Hessians, Hope Lodge, Horsham, Lattimer Massacre, Old Economy Village, Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum, Pennsylvania Lumber Museum, Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Scranton, Somerset, Somerset Historical Center, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Washington Crossing, Washington Crossing Historic Park
Heritage Highlights is a list of forthcoming exhibits, events and programs at PHMC sites and other statewide historical organizations.

Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette

  • 234th Anniversary of the Battle of Bushy Run, August 2-3, 1997
  • Living History Workshops, August 23-24, 1997
  • Fall Nature Walk, October 4, 1997
  • Haunted History Hayrides, October 25, 1997

Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly

  • Civil War Encampment, August 23, 1997
  • 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Lattimer Massacre Symposium, September 13, 1997

Graeme Park, Horsham

  • 275th Anniversary Celebration of Graeme Park, July 20, 1997
  • Living History Day, September 7, 1997
  • English Car Show, September 27, 1997

Hope Lodge, Fort Washington

  • Evening Concerts Under the Stars, July 23 and August 6, 1997
  • Children’s Summer History Seminar, August 4-8, 1997
  • Living History Interpretation: Susanna Morris, September 14, 1997

Old Economy Village, Ambridge

  • Erntefest, October 4, 1997

Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum, Scranton

  • Lecture: “The Rehabilitation of Father Richard Aust, A Hero in the Lattimer Story”, September 14, 1997
  • Lecture: “The Road from Lattimer: Conflict, Compromise, and Unionization in the Anthracite Coal Industry”, October 26, 1997

Pennsylvania Lumber Museum, Galeton

  • Bark Peelers’ Convention, July 5-6, 1997

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg

  • Circus Days, August 14-17, 1997
  • Railroads of Pennsylvania Art Show, September 13-14, 1997

Somerset Historical Center, Somerset

  • Brigade of the American Revolution Grand Encampment, July 26-27, 1997
  • Herb and Plant Day, August 2, 1997
  • Mountain Craft Days, September 5-7, 1997
  • Harvest Day, October 19, 1997

The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg

  • 30th Annual “Art of the State: Pennsylvania ’97”, through September 7, 1997
  • Film Retrospective: “When the Movies Were Young: Pennsylvania Film Pioneer Siegmund Lubin”, September 7, 1997

Washington Crossing Historic Park, Washington Crossing

  • British and Hessian Encampment, August 22-24, 1997