Heritage Highlights
Written by PA Heritage Staff in the Heritage Highlights category and the Spring 1981 issue Topics in this article:Pennsylvania Historical And Museum Commission
Black History Conference, Penn State University, University Park
- Apr. 30-May 1, 1981: Fourth Annual Conference
David Bradford House, Washington
- Mar. 13-15, 1981: War Game and Tactical Displays – 13, 1 to 5 P.M.; 14, 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.; and 15, 12 to 5 P.M.
- April (Each Weekend), 1981: Craft Demonstrations – Sat., 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.; Sun., 12 to 5 P.M.
- May 16-17, 1981: Crafts Festival
Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro
- May 24, 1981: Freedom Run “Cross Country Race – 10 A.M. to 12 P.M.
Historic Preservation Conference, Harrisburg
- Mar. 25-27, 1981: Third Annual Conference
History Day, Grantville/Hershey Holiday Inn
- May 15, 1981: Second Annual Statewide Competition
Nathan Denison House, Forty Fort
- Mar. 22, 1981: Open Hearth Cooking – 1 to 4:30 P.M.
- Apr. 26, 1981: Quilting Demonstration – 1 to 4:30 P.M.
- May 24, 1981: Decorative Arts Demonstration – 1 to 4:30 P.M.
Old Chester Court House, Media
- May 1, 1981: Law Day – 10 A.M. to 2 P.M.
- May 3, 1981: Polish Day – 10 A.M. to 1 P.M.
Peace Church, Camp Hill
- Apr. 17, 1981: Good Friday Meditation – 12 to 3 P.M.
Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville
- Apr. 24-25, 1981: Fifteenth Annual Pennsbury Manor Spring Seminar: “Historic Site Interpretation”
Pennsylvania Military Museum, Boalsburg
- Apr. 19, 1981: Community Day – 1 to 4 P.M.
- May 24, 1981: Memorial Day Ceremony – 1 to 5 P.M.
Washington Crossing State Park, Washington Crossing
- May 8, 1981: Sheep Shearing Day – 10 A.M. to 3 P.M.
William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg
- Mar. 1981: Changing Exhibits
- Capital Area Science and Engineering Fair, Mar. 20-24
- The Lure and Lore of Fishing, Opens Mar. 28
- Geology of Gold
- Extinctions and Endangerment
- Trade With the Indians of Penn’s Woods
- The Beat of History
- Scholastic Art A wards, Closes Mar. 8
- Apr. 1981: Changing Exhibits
- The Lure and Lore of Fishing
- Geology of Gold, Closes Apr. 5
- Extinctions and Endangerment
- Trade With the Indians of Penn’s Woods, Closes Apr. 12
- The Beat of History
- May 1981: Changing Exhibits
- Greater Harrisburg Arts Festival, Opens May 12
- Extinctions and Endangerment
- The Beat of History
- The Lure and Lore of Fishing
- Astronomical Contributions by Pennsylvanians, Opens May 2
Other Associations
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford
- Apr. 26, 1981: Pennsylvania Crafts Fair Day
- May 22-25, 1981: Annual Antiques Show and Sale
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
- Mar. 4, Apr. 1, May 14, 1981: Historical Lectures – 8 P.M.
Kutztown State College, Kutztown
- Apr. 10, 1981: Twelfth Biennial History Conference
Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
- Through July 3, 1981: Exhibit: On Stage in Philadelphia, 1700-1900
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Pittsburgh
- May 8-9, 1981: Spring Program Meeting
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
- Through Apr. 19, 1981: Benjamin West and His American Students
Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies, Altoona-Sheraton
- May 8-9, 1981: Annual Meeting
Pittsburgh Folk Festival, Pittsburgh
- May 21-24, 1981: Twenty-fifth Annual Festival