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PHS News Spring 07.Indd QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER AND CALENDAR SPRING 2007 DR. CAROL REARDON LECTURE PICKETT'S CHARGE IN HISTORY AND MEMORY Carol Reardon, author of the authoritative Civil War study Pickett’s Charge in History and Memory will deliver the next Signature Series, lecture to Pennsylvania Heritage Society members and PHMC’s Daniel Boone Homestead in the picturesque—and historic—Berks County countryside. guests at The State Mu- PHS BUS TOUR TO THE HISTORIC OLEY VALLEY seum of Join PHS for a fascinating spring- Pennsylva- Board the PHS motor coach at time bus tour to the beautiful and nia, Harris- Harrisburg or meet up with the tour at historic Oley Valley in Berks County burg, on the Boone Homestead near Reading. on Monday, May 7, 2007. Led by Tuesday, June The trip will include lunch at the 200- PHMC’s Daniel Boone Homestead Site 26, at 7 p.m., year-old Yellow House Hotel near Administrator James Lewars, the trip followed by a Douglassville. Comfortable walking will explore the diverse colonial dessert shoes are recommended. PHS Members heritage of the English, German, Swiss, reception. Dr. Reardon, professor of and Friends of the Daniel Boone French Huguenot and Welsh Quakers military history at Penn State Univer- Homestead, $65; non-members, $75. who settled this area sity and the current president of the Availability is limited. Call in the early eigh- Society of Military History, has given the PHS office at (717) 787- teenth century. more than fifty presentations to Civil 2407 or e-mail c-kvansick@ “There are so many War roundtables and other associations state.pa.us for details and to remarkable surviv- throughout the United States. reserve your seat. ing houses, barns, PHS members, $10; Non-members, and early property $15. Please RSVP to PHS Membership See this summer’s PHS lines visible,” says Coordinator Kelly VanSickle, (717) newsletter for details of a Lewars, who has 787-2407, or [email protected]. Signature Series trip to been giving this Western Pennsylvania sites in tour for nearly October 2007! twenty years. “You Dr. Reardon’s lecture is supported by a Teaching American History grant from the can literally see William Penn’s James Lewars, Daniel Boone U.S. Department of Education. Homestead Site Administrator legacy on the landscape.” 11 PHS NEWSLETTER CALENDAR FOR APRIL – JUNE 2007 Please call the museums and historic sites listed for details and fees. KIDS’ STUFF GRAEME PARK Horsham, (215) 343–0965 June 25 – 29 Colonial Living Camp Multi–day; registration required. JOSEPH PRIESTLY HOUSE Northumberland, (570) 473–9474 April 21 Science Saturday 2 p.m. Registration required. THE STATE MUSEUM OF PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg, (717) 787–4980 April 7 – June 3 Spring Play Days: Bodies in Motion Tuesday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Sunday noon – 3:30 p.m. Admission. April 20 Magic Pots and Recycled Bottles: Kathleen Jacobs and The Ephrata Cloister Chorus will perform a spring concert in May. Puppets, an Earth Day Celebration 11 a.m., 1 p.m. Admission. ECKLEY MINERS’ VILLAGE April 22 – 28 Celebrating Week of the Young Child featuring Weatherly, (570) 636–2070 April 21 A Splendid Friend, Indeed 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. May 6 Movie, The Molly Maguires 2 p.m. reading and book signing by author Suzanne Bloom May 20 The Music, Dance and Instruments of the April 21 – 22 Curiosity Connection Three-Year Pennsylvania Germans 2 p.m. Keith Brintzenhoff. Anniversary Celebration Saturday 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., June 23 – 24 Patch Town Days Festival 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday noon – 3 p.m. Admission. Admission. WASHINGTON CROSSING HISTORIC PARK EPHRATA CLOISTER Washington Crossing, (215) 493–4076 Ephrata, (717) 733–6600 May 16 Home School Students Event: Colonial Day April 27, May 25 Community Days 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. May 13 Mothers’ Day Event noon – 5 p.m. May 18, 20 Spring Concert: Ephrata Cloister Chorus SPECIAL EVENTS Friday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 4 p.m. Call for details. June 10 Second Sunday Series: Meet Dr. Scott 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. BUSHY RUN BATTLEFIELD Admission. Harrison City, (724) 527–5584 June 16 – 17 Building History: Making and Saving Historic May 5 Spring Nature Walk 10 a.m. Architecture 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. June 2 Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society General GRAEME PARK Meeting and Lecture 1 p.m. Horsham, (215) 343–0965 June 10 Living History Sunday: Patriots and Traitors CONRAD WEISER HOMESTEAD noon – 4 p.m. Admission. Womelsdorf, (610) 589–2934 April 22 French and Indian War Talk 3 p.m. HOPE LODGE April 22, June 10 French and Indian War Interpretive Sunday Fort Washington, (215) 646–1595 noon – 4 p.m. April 27 Sheep Shearing Day 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. May 20 Colonial Living History Demonstration noon – 4 p.m. Registration required. May 26 British Car Show 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Call for details. CORNWALL IRON FURNACE June 20 Summer Concert: The Ambler Symphony Cornwall, (717) 272–9711 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Admission. April 10 Freeman Hall Lecture: Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad 7:30 p.m. Brandy Watts, Cornwall Manor. JOSEPH PRIESTLEY HOUSE May 8 Freeman Hall Lecture: Heritage of the Pennsylvania Northumberland, (570) 473–9474 Germans 7:30 p.m. Francis Kline, Cornwall Manor. May 6 Yorkshire Tales and Traditions 1 p.m. Fiona Siobhan Powell. DRAKE WELL MUSEUM Titusville, (814) 827–2797 OLD ECONOMY VILLAGE April 28, May 19, June 23 Oil Valley Blacksmiths’ Association Ambridge, (724) 266–4500 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. April 28 “All Aboard for Economy: A Model of Railroad Setup” June 2 Boomtown Day at Pithole 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Exhibit Opening 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. PHS NEWSLETTER 22 Spring Into History at the PHMC Chief and Prince at the Landis Valley Museum, Lancaster CONFERENCES, TRIPS AND PENNSBURY MANOR WORKSHOPS Morrisville, (215) 946–0400 April 1, May 6, June 3 Historic Trades 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. BRANDYWINE BATTLEFIELD PARK April 15, May 20, June 17 Open Hearth Cooking Chadds Ford, (610) 459–3342 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. June 2 – 3 4th Annual Remember the Ladies Conference April 22, May 27, June 24 Garden Highlights 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Registration required. April 29 Spinning Demonstration 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. May 6 Sheep Shearing 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. ERIE MARITIME MUSEUM May 6, May 20 Penn Pals 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Erie, (814) 452–2744 May 13 Living History Theater: “To Inquire into her Clearness” June 3, 4, 10, 11, 24, 25 One Day Introduction to Flagship Women’s Monthly Meeting 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Niagara and the War of 1812 Day Sails; call for details. June 10 Living History Theatre: “Negotiating Peace: Danger Along the Schuylkill HOPE LODGE River” 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Fort Washington, (215) 646–1595 April 14, May 12 Colonial Cooking Class 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE HERITAGE MUSEUM Registration required. Scranton, (570) 963–4804 April 28 Rail Trail Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania OLD ECONOMY VILLAGE Presentation 2:30 p.m. Lynn Conrad. Ambridge, (724) 266–4500 April 29 Scholar in Residence Lecture: The Early Development April 14 Progressive Trades Workshop of the Lackawanna Iron Furnaces 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Registration required. 2 p.m. Darlene A. Miller-Lanning. PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE HERITAGE MUSEUM RAILROAD MUSEUM OF PENNSYLVANIA Scranton, (570) 963–4804 Strasburg, (717) 687–8628 June 16 Historic Preservation Workshop Video Conference April 14 – 15 A Movable Feast: From the Farm to the Table by 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Registration required; Train Special Event 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (717) 787–0771 for details. May 18 Museum Front Entrance Renovation Grand Opening RAILROAD MUSEUM OF PENNSYLVANIA 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Strasburg, (717) 687–8628 June 1 – 2 Pennsylvania Railroad “Pennsy” Days 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. May 5 Railroad Museum Rambles: Mason-Dixon Line June 2 Monopoly® Tournament 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Day trip; registration required. Registration required. June 26 – June 30 Railroad Museum Rambles: Piedmont SCRANTON IRON FURNACES Region Multi–day tour; registration required. Scranton, (570) 963–4845 SOMERSET HISTORICAL CENTER June 17 Fathers’ Day Special Luncheon and Tour noon – 3 p.m. Somerset, (814) 445–6077 THE STATE MUSEUM OF PENNSYLVANIA March 30 – April 1 School of Coopering Saturday Harrisburg, (717) 787–4980 6 p.m. through Sunday 11 a.m. Multi–day workshop; April 28 Sights and Sounds of the Century Gala: The registration required. State Museum's 100th Anniversary Celebra- April 21 Basketmaking Workshop 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. tion 6 p.m. (717) 772-6997 for tickets. Registration required. May 24 Soul Soldiers: African Americans June 9 Craftsman’s Sampler Workshop and the Vietnam Era noon. Presentation 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Registration required. and book signing by Samuel W. Black WASHINGTON CROSSING HISTORIC PARK WASHINGTON CROSSING Washington Crossing, (215) 493–4076 HISTORIC PARK April 14 Cooking Class: A Day of Washington Crossing, Beehive Baking 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. (215) 493–4076 Registration required. April 20 – 21 Sheep Shearing: A Return to a Colonial Spring 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. May 28 Memorial Day Program 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Railroad Museum of Pennsylva- nia's train engine, Tahoe. calendar continues on following page 33 PHS NEWSLETTER calendar continued EXHIBITS OLD ECONOMY VILLAGE Ambridge, (724) 266–4500 Through December 2007 Tracks, Trestles and Trustees: Railroads of the Harmony Society Through December 2007 All Aboard for Economy: A Model of Railroad Setup NEW CIVIL WAR TRAILS RAILROAD MUSEUM OF PENNSYLVANIA PUBLICATION Strasburg, (717) 687–8628 Take advantage of Through April 15, 2007 A Movable Feast: From the Farm your PHS discount! to the Table by Train May 18, 2007 – April 13, 2008 Spanning Centuries: Railroad A new guide, Bridges of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Civil War Trails: The Guide THE STATE MUSEUM OF PENNSYLVANIA to Battle Sites, Monu- Harrisburg, (717) 787–4980 Through April 6, 2007 Planetarium: Black Holes: The Other ments, Museums and Side of Infinity Towns, arrives in March Through April 29, 2007 Steel: Made in Pennsylvania 2007! Co-published by Through April 29, 2007 Inaugural Chic: Gowns of PHMC and Stackpole Books, the Pennsylvania’s First Ladies book was written by Tom Huntington, April 7 – July 1 Planetarium: Mars former editor of American History and June 9 – September 9 Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2007 Historic Traveler magazines.
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