Heritage Highlights

Written by in the Heritage Highlights category and the Winter 1995 issue Topics in this article: Bushy Run Battlefield, Charter Day, Drake Well Museum and Park, England, English, Ephrata Cloister, Fort Pitt, Fort Washington, Graeme Park, Harrisburg, Hope Lodge, Horsham, John W. Mosley, Joseph Priestley House, King Charles II, Martin Luther King Jr., Native Americans, Northumberland, Pennsylvania Charter, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pittsburgh, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Titusville, William Penn
Heritage Highlights is a list of forthcoming exhibits, events and programs at PHMC sites and other statewide historical organizations.

Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette

  • Native American Quillwork Workshop, February 25, 1995

Drake Well Museum, Titusville

  • Old Fashioned Engine Start-up Day, April 29, 1995

Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh

  • Royal American Regiment Parade of the Soldier, April 2, 30, 1995
  • Colonial Fair at the Point, May 6-7, 1995

Graeme Park, Horsham

  • Native American Cultural Festival, April 29, 1995
  • Living History Day, June 4, 1995

Hope Lodge, Fort Washington

  • Family Day at Hope Lodge, May 20, 1995

Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland

  • Twelfth Day at the Priestley House, January 7-8, 1995
  • Intergenerational History Workshop, March 18, 1995
  • English May Day Festivities, May 14, 1995

The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg

  • Governor’s Inaugural Exhibit, January 13 through March 3, 1995
  • Exhibit: “Working for the Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and Pennsylvania”, January 19 through March 5, 1995
  • Exhibit: “Famous Faces: The Photography of John W. Mosley”, March 2 through May 14, 1995
  • Exhibit: “Early American Manuscripts from the Ephrata Cloister”, April 21 through June 11, 1995
  • “Space Day”, April 29, 1995

 

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission will host Charter Day on Sunday, March 12, 1995, by offering free general admission to the historic sites and museums along the Pennsylvania Trail of History. The annual observance commemorates the granting of Pennsylvania in 1681 to William Penn by King Charles II of England.