Heritage Highlights

Written by in the Heritage Highlights category and the Fall 1995 issue Topics in this article: anthracite, Bushy Run Battlefield, Christmas, Conrad Weiser Homestead, Cornwall, Cornwall Iron Furnace, Eckley Miners' Village, Ephrata, Ephrata Cloister, Fort Washington, Henry Clay, Hope Lodge, Native Americans, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Somerset, Somerset Historical Center, Strasburg, Washington Crossing, Washington Crossing Historic Park, Whitemarsh
Heritage Highlights is a list of forthcoming exhibits, events and programs at PHMC sites and other statewide historical organizations.

Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette

  • Lecture: “Powder Homs of the Pennsylvania Frontier”, November 11, 1995

Cornwall Iron Furnace, Cornwall

  • Lecture: “The Henry Clay Furnace, Lancaster County: An Archaeological Perspective”, October 10, 1995
  • Candlelight Christmas Tours, December 7-8, 1995

Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly

  • Lecture: “Superstitions, Folklore and Mysterious Traditions of the Anthracite Region”, October 29, 1995
  • Children’s Christmas in Eckley, December 2, 1995

Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata

  • Christmas at the Cloister, December 11-12, 1995
  • Candlelight Christmas Tours, December 27-30, 1995

Hope Lodge, Fort Washington

  • Reenactment of the 1777 Whitemarsh Encampment, November 4-5, 1995
  • Interpretive Exhibit: “Hope Lodge Holidays”, December 6-29, 1995
  • Candlelight Evenings at Hope Lodge, December 9-10, 1995

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg

  • Friends of the PHMC Study Tour, October 16, 1995
  • Halloween Lantern Tours, October 28, 1995
  • “Home for the Holidays”, December 9, 1995

Somerset Historical Center, Somerset

  • Lecture: “Native Americans of Somerset County”, November 15, 1995
  • Victorian Holiday Ornament Workshop, December 9, 1995
  • Lecture: “Holiday Customs of Pennsylvania”, December 10, 1995

Washington Crossing Historic Park, Washington Crossing

  • Washington Crossing the Delaware Reenactment, December 25, 1995

Conrad Weiser Homestead, Womelsdorf

  • Lecture: “The Lore of Charming Forge”, October 29, 1995
  • Scherenschnitte Workshop, November 12, 1995
  • Candlelight Tour, December 2, 1995
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