Heritage Highlights

Written by in the Heritage Highlights category and the Winter 1999 issue Topics in this article: African Americans, American Civil War, Battle of Lake Erie, Boalsburg, Eckley Miners' Village, Erie, Erie Maritime Museum, Joseph Priestley House, Lancaster, Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum, Northumberland, Pennsylvania Military Academy, Somerset, Somerset Historical Center, Washington Crossing Historic Park
Heritage Highlights is a list of forthcoming exhibits, events and programs at PHMC sites and other statewide historical organizations.

Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly

  • Lecture: “The War in Words: The Civil War in Pennsylvania Letters”, January 17, 1999
  • Lecture: “Ethnicity in Pennsylvania: History and Impact”, May 16, 1999

Erie Maritime Museum, Erie

  • Bayfront Winter Carnival, January 30-31, 1999
  • Lecture: “African Americans in the Battle of Lake Erie”, February 7, 1999
  • “Maritime Sing” Chorus Concert, February 19-20, 1999

Landis Valley Museum, Lancaster

  • Backyard Fruit Growers Workshops, February 20, 1999
  • Antique Apple Wood Grafting Workshop, March 20, 1999
  • Herb and Garden Faire, May 7-8, 1999

Pennsylvania Military Museum, Boalsburg

  • Military History Speakers Series, Jan. 25, Feb. 22, Mar. 29, April 26, 1999
  • Pennsylvania 28th Division Memorial Service, May 16, 1999
  • Memorial Day Weekend Civil War Encampment, May 29-31, 1999
  • Military History Day, May 30, 1999
  • Antique Automobile Show, May 31, 1999
  • Military History Speakers Series, June 28, 1999

Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland

  • Women’s History Month Interpretive Program: “A Woman’s Place”, through March, 1999
  • Special Women’s History Month Guided Tour, March 28, 1999

Somerset Historical Center, Somerset

  • Lecture: “Visit Somerset County Through the Lens of Walter Bowen”, April 5, 1999
  • Sugar’n Off Demonstration, April 18, 1999
  • Herb and Plant Day, May 29, 1999

Washington Crossing Historic Park, Washington Crossing

  • George Washington Birthday Celebration, February 13, 1999
  • Tavern Night, March 13, 1999