Glenolden Trolley Tour this coming weekend! and Fighting at Ridley Creek State Park

Glenolden Historical Commission

Presents

TROLLEY Thru TIME TOUR 
SATURDAY MAY 12, 2012

Glenolden Library at

Knowles and Llanwellyn Avenues

Trolley Stop # 1

Trolley rides run from

11 AM Till 2:30 PM 

tours  approx 30 minutes 

There will be numerous stops thruout the boro

and the town's history will be discussed.

Tickets must be purchased in advance!  
For tickets and more information

call Caroline Fairfield at 610-804-5716

ADULT $3.00 CHILDREN $1.00  
FREE ROOT BEER FLOAT with TROLLEY TICKET 
THE DELCORDIANS   Barber shop quartet     12pm - 1pm 

Also SOLD AT THE TROLLEY STOP        

 $1.00   COTTON CANDY **   $1.00   HOT DOGS **    $1.00   SNO CONES **  $1.00   POP CORN **       $1.00   SODA** WATER 

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

at Ridley Creek State Park     

presents

"Revolutionary War" Camp and Skirmish

May 12 and 13, 2012

Reenactors Application

11:00 -5:00 with last entry at 4:00 (Saturday)

11:00 - 3:00 with last entry at 2:30 (Sunday)

   It is May 1778, the winter at Valley Forge has ended and the British occupy Philadelphia. The Continental Army has barely survived the winter, but with the weather improving, they are beginning to test a newly found confidence induced by the training of General Von Steuben during the winter. The Continentals are a new fighting force reorganized and much more disciplined since their defeats in the Fall of 1777. The British, who have enjoyed a winter of occupying Philadelphia are preparing to move across New Jersey to New York City. A small foraging party of British Regulars, en route to the city, have encamped at the Pratt Farm in Edgemont Township. Meanwhile, a small scouting party of American militia and riflemen close in on the farm also in hopes of foraging supplies, unaware of the British force already there…

Participating Units

17th Light Dragoons (mounted calvary soldiers)

Chester County Militia from the Colonial Plantation

Skirmish at 1:00 and 3:00 (Saturday) and 2:00 (Sunday)

Admission is $10.00 for adults and $8.00 for children ages 4 to 12.Children under age 4 are free.