Heritage Highlights

Written by in the Heritage Highlights category and the Spring 1984 issue Topics in this article:
Heritage Highlights is a list of forthcoming exhibits, events and programs at PHMC sites and other statewide historical organizations.

Anthracite Museum at Scranton, Scranton

  • Exhibit: “Tourists in an Industrial Scene: Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania”, Thru April 1, 1984

Brandywine Battlefield Park, Chadds Ford

  • Lecture: “Herbs in Colonial Cooking” (8 P.M.), April 20, 1984
  • Spring: 18th Century Style (12 to 4 P.M.), May 6, 1984
  • Memorial Day Weekend Encampment (10 A.M. to 5 P.M.; 12 to 5 P.M.), May 26-27, 1984

Brunswick Hotel, Lancaster

  • Sixth Annual PHMC Conference on Historic Preservation, April 24-26, 1984

Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeanette

  • Craft Classes (10 A.M. to 4 P.M.), April 7, 14, 21, 28, 1984
  • Ben Franklin Day: Kite Flying Contest (10 A.M. to 2 P.M.); Easter Egg Hunt (2 P.M.), April 14, 1984
  • French and Indian War Program: “Call To Arms” (12 to 5 P.M.), April 29, 1984
  • Milice de Canada: French and Indian War Military Camp (12 to 4 P.M.), May 12-13, 1984
  • Needlework Exhibit (12 to 5 P.M.), May 19-20, 1984
  • Memorial Day Services (9:30 A.M.); Band Concert (2 P.M.), May 28, 1984

California University of Pennsylvania, California

  • Seventh Annual Conference on Black History in Pennsylvania, May 3-4, 1984

Cornwall Iron Furnace, Cornwall

  • Lecture & Film: “Our Archeological Heritage” (10 A.M.), April 7, 1984
  • Photographic Exhibit: “History Through The Camera’s Eye”, April 8-21, 1984
  • Children’s Story Hour, April 28, 1984
  • Film: “Saugus Iron Works” (10 A.M. & 2 P.M.), May 28, 1984

Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro

  • 1st Pa. Regiment of the Continental Line: Regimental Match (10 A.M. to 3 P.M.), April 8, 1984
  • Flintlock Rifle Frolic (10 A.M. to 5 P.M.), May 6, 1984
  • Freedom Run (9 A.M. to 12 P.M.), May 27, 1984
  • Traditional Craft Demonstrations (12 to 5 P.M.), May 28, 1984

Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly

  • Ethnic Lecture, Series: “Germans in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Region”, March, April, 1984

Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland

  • Jubilation Singers (2 P.M.), April 29, 1984
  • Oxygen Demonstration & Experiments (1 to 4 P.M.), May 20, 1984

Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville

  • Horticultural Demonstrations, April 5, May 10, June 7, 1984
  • Sheep Shearing Day (9:30 A.M. to 4 P.M.), May 3, 1984

Pennsylvania Lumber Museum, Galeton

  • Exhibit: “The Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania: 1933-1942”, Thru August, 1984

Pennsylvania Military Museum, Boalsburg

  • Girl Scout Jamboree (12 to 4 P.M.), April 7, 1984
  • Cub Scout Olympics (1 to 3 P.M.), April 14, 1984
  • Memorial Day Ceremony (1 to 4 P.M.), May 20, 1984

Washington Crossing Historic Park, Washington Crossing

  • President’s Drive Dedication (Memorial Bldg. -10 A.M.); (Wild Flower Preserve-11 A.M.), April 27, 1984
  • Washington Crossing Foundation Annual Awards (2 P.M.), April 28, 1984
  • Sheep Shearing Day (10 A.M. to 3 P.M.), May 4, 1984

William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg

  • Art History Seminar: “Regional Painters”, March 31, 1984
  • Wood Warblers Exhibit, April 2-September, 1984
  • Harrisburg Arts Festival, May 26-July 8, 1984