Delaware County Historical Events, Meetings, Lectures Etc.

Delaware County Historic and Preservation Network List Serve

    To date we have 35 members on the Delaware County Historic and Preservation Network list serve. If you haven't already, simply reply to this email and Chris Driscoll will add you to the email listserve.

   Accompanying the listserve, will be the new website- www.dchpn.org <http://www.dchpn.org>
Right now there is a draft version of the site up. Once we have more members on the listserv it will be re-designed. The purpose of the website will be very simple- to provide a directory of all the organizations in Delaware County, a master calendar of events (which you will be able to submit through an online form) and information about the email listserve. 

   Over the last week, the existing Delaware County Heritage Network email list has been migrated into the DCHPN (Delaware County Historic Preservation Network) email listserv. The list is now compromised of about 190 email addresses. Some safeguard settings have also been enabled to prevent spam messages from being sent to the list.

Another important part of DCHPN will be on the online shared calendar, found at:

http://www.dchpn.org

This is a place where everyone can list their events. I am looking at converted the calendar to a Google Calendar. You will not need a Gmail or Google account to add your events, there will still be an event submission form on the website. The validation code is:    delco1

If someone is interested in helping maintain the calendar, please let me know.

I ask that you do not sent emails to the listserv about events, but add them to the online calendar found on the website. We are coordinating a method for sending out a monthly or semi-monthly email to the listserv with a summary of all the events that have been entered on the calendar (so you will want to list your events for inclusion).

The Delaware County Institute of Science

Presents

A lecture on

" Blunt Force Trauma in Malvern"

by William Watson Phd. Immaculata University

on March 8, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.

at their home, 11 Veterans Square, Media.

Lecture is free, donations accepted.

 Questions call 610-566-5126

The Colonial PA Plantation

presents

"Stitched Together"

Thoughts on Researching and Replicating the

Clothing & Appearance of 18th Century Americans.

On Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 1:30 pm till 3:30 pm

Presented by:

Sharon Ann Burnston,

Scholar, author & living historian   

    Sharon Ann Burnston brings to bear 35 years as a scholar and living historian who has specialized in studying the details of 18th century working-class American clothing.  She has been the Executive Director of the Germantown Historical Society, the Curator of the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation, and the Director of the Daniel Webster Birthplace Living History Project in Franklin, NH.  For twenty-one years, she was the designer and sole-proprietor of Mill Farm Patterns; she is currently the proprietor of The Village Green Clothier.  She is the author of Fitting & Proper:  18th Century Clothing from the Collection of the Chester County Historical Society, as well as numerous magazine articles, website articles, and conference papers.

    Copies of her book will be available for purchase & signing by the author.  Attendees will also have the opportunity to win a copy.

   The presentation will take place in the Mansion Ballroom, Ridley Creek State Park,  Media, Pa, PA-use Park entrances off Routes 352 or 3 & Providence R0ad and follow the signs to the Ballroom.

   Register prior to March 18 at a cost of $15 OR $20 at the door.  To register:  Send a $15 check payable to; CPP, Ridley Creek State Park, Media, PA 19063.  Please include your telephone & email information.

Civil War Comes Alive

     At Temple Sholom in Broomall

 Step back in time Sunday, March 21 at 7:00 PM.

               Costumed Interpreters Bring The Civil War to Life.

    While in period attire, living historians Mira & Bruce Form, will present an educational and entertaining program entitled: Images of the Past: Jews and the Civil War.  The Forms will discuss the many roles played by the Jews during the Civil War.  They will also present a living history display of original artifacts and reproductions from the period.    

    This program is designed to broaden our understanding of the historic period featured in “All Other Nights” by Dara Horn, the 2009 selection of One Book One Jewish Community, a project of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia in partnership with the Jewish Outreach Project.   

     “All Other Nights” is a story of about Jacob Rappaport a Jewish Union Soldier during the Civil war and the moral and ethical dilemnas he faces at a turning point in American history.   

Following the presentation by the Forms, Rabbi Rigler will offer his insights.    

                                                                              Free.

                                                                      All are welcome.

                               Temple Sholom in Broomall is located at 55 N. Church Lane, Broomall PA

                                                      For more information, call 610-356-5165

Springfield Historical Society

will present a free digital slide program

"The Liberty Bell Limited high-speed trolley"

on Tuesday, March 23th @ 7:30 pm.

by Stan Bowman, , that operated from 69th St. Terminal to Allentown, from 1912 - 1951,,

at the Springfield Township Building, 50 Powell Rd.  Refreshments will be served following the program.  

The “Duffy’s Cut” project

Update by Dr. William E. Watson Professor

Thursday, February 11, 2010

7:00 PM

Aston Township Municipal Building

Admission: Free

CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

Will be in March

   All are welcome to the Aston Township Historical Society on Thursday, 2/11/10 at 7:00pm at Aston Township Municipal Building (rear entrance), 233 Pennell Road.

We’re all excited about the return visit by Dr. William E. Watson Professor of History at Immaculata University to bring us up to date on the “Duffy’s Cut” project. The “Duffy’s Cut” project is an ongoing archival and archaeological search into the lives and deaths of 57 Irish immigrants who succumbed to the cholera epidemic of 1832 while working on the construction of the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad.

Become an Historic Interpreter

9-Week Course

Sponsored by Darlington Art Center

Meets: Monday, May 1st-8th, 6:45-8:15 PM

Teacher: Patricia Jordan

Cost: $158.00

    Pat Jordan an accomplished and acclaimed actress who herself performs as historical individuals, such as  Martha Washington and Mary Todd Lincoln, is teaching a 9-week course starting in March in how to be an historical reenactor. History in Delaware County will be very well served if we develop a cast of historical reenactors such as, say Squire Cheyney, Nathan Sellers, or any men or women of the many grand old families who settled and made Delaware County. (Pat has already “become” Mary Brackett Willcox, of Ivy Mills.) Every township and borough has its outstanding historical citizens. Their impersonators can liven up any local event, and bring historical awareness to the community at the same time. Here’s our chance to have fun and teach history at the same time.  See the attached information sheet for more information.

December 22, 2009   Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee C/o Stamp Development United States Postal Service 1735 Lynn Street, Room 5013 Arlington, VA  22209-6432  

RE:   Commemorative Stamp Request Honoring Thomas Garrett and William Still  

Dear Committee,  Since the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation will be celebrated in three years, we feel that the time is right to submit this request for a commemorative stamp to honor two tireless Underground Railroad “stationmasters,” Thomas Garrett and William Still, who together assisted thousands of freedom seekers to new lives in the northern United States and Canada during the 19th century. 

Garrett-Still_Underground_Railroad_Stamp Congressman Castle Letter

Friends of Sellers Hall

    The newly formed, non-profit community group, the Friends of Sellers Hall, has recently been incorporated for the purpose of preserving and restoring Sellers Hall, a 17th century farmhouse that is the homestead of the renowned Sellers Family of Upper Darby.  The historic house is situated on Walnut Street, near 69th Street on land owned by St. Alice's Parish and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.  The plans are to obtain a long-term lease and to restore the building and use it for teaching local history and for a multi-purpose use.  This new group would like to get the word out about their organization.  For additional information, please see the attachment.  Friends of Sellers Hall

Looking for Historical Re-enactors?

   Dr. Daisy N. Century portrays the following women:  Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Bessie Coleman, Mary Fields, Phyllis Wheatley and Hatshepsut.  I dress like the person and take the audience on a historical journey that captures the very essence of these women lives from birth to death.   The performance lasts from thirty minutes, forty-five minutes to an hour and fifteen minutes depending on the age of the audience and the time allotment.  There is always a question and answer period at the end.  For information, see the following attachments.

DR. DAISY NELSON CENTURY Letter

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