Visit the Chris Sanderson Museum and several Chichester Events coming

                The Brandywine River Museum about 1920 when it was the Hoffman Mill. View from the creek.
 
  I would like to thank all the people that come to my show and the Ridley Creek State Park last week. It was a great time and the money went to the Colonial Plantation a Great Cause!
Word is out that the Morton Homestead in Prospect Park on Lincoln Ave. may be opening soon! It has been closed for several years. It is the oldest house in Penna.

                            The Christian C. Sanderson Museum

                               A Man's Life, a Nation's History

                  An eclectic array of art, military memorabilia, presidential  artifacts,           local  history and collectibles.

                                                  Open March through November

                                                           Saturday and Sunday

                                                                 12pm to 4pm

Visit us at 1755 Creek Road (old Route 100), Chadds Ford, just north of Route 1

Also open by appointment

610-388-6545. www.sandersonmuseum.org.

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

at Ridley Creek State Park 

School Blues Splash Day (Children Event)

Sunday, August 26th 12:00 to 4:00

         Pirate Day was sort of rained out so we have decided to have another Splash Day on August 26th. The theme will be " End of Summer - Back to School". We will get the children wet, have races, tugs of war, candles, and corn husk dolls.

Women's History at Chichester
Women's Equality Day

August 26th Program

On August 26th at 2:00 p.m. at the Chichester Meetinghouse, the Pennsylvania Women's History Project will host a program and exhibit entitled, "A Woman's Work Is Never Done."  The exhibit will feature a sampling of colonial candies and Liberty teas, an apron collection, irons, washboards, dishes, utensils, textiles and other items used by women in the 19th and 20th centuries.  Summer refreshments will follow.  A small donation is requested for the Graceanna Lewis (Quaker abolitionist and scientist) historical marker to be installed in 2013 in Kimberton, Chester County.  Call 610-453-4075 or email herashouse@yahoo.com for directions to the Chichester Meetinghouse, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Upper Chichester.  

Delaware County 100 years ago in pictures and a DCHS exhibit

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 The Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone c.1913.    Now the site of Walmart
                                                                                                                      
                                                     Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation
                                                         at Ridley Creek State Park
                                                     "Delaware County 100 Years Ago
                                                              Through Postcards"
                                                            Wednesday, August 15
                                                                    Time 7pm
                                                              at the Park Office
                                The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation will offer its first ever
                                               “Wednesday Evening at the Farm”
   with a special presentation by local historian, Keith Lockhart. The event will be held inside the       
         main  ballroom at the headquarters at Ridley Creek State Park. This is the office for
              the State Park, the  old Jeffords Mansion, just follow the signs for the park office.
              At 7 PM Lockhart will present the program featuring his prized collection of Delaware County postcards. Lockhart’s collection is considered the largest of its kind in the region. Take a trip through Delaware County 100 years ago when postcards were the rage! During the evening, the Colonial Plantation farmhouse and the kitchen garden will be available for tours they will open at 6. Demonstrations taking place include textile making and long rifle firing. Of course,
                                the Plantation’s farm animals will be around for viewing.
                            Closing time is 9 PM. Admission is $5 per person. Children under 4 are free.
                                  One fee for both events! Money to benefit the Colonial Plantation.
The Plantation is located in Ridley Creek State Park and is easily reached via Routes 3, 352, 252
                                                                 or  Providence Road.
                                                                       

The Delaware County Historical Society

Presents
“Air, Land and Sea”

August thru October, 2012

Wednesday & Friday - 9am-4pm
Thursday - 1pm -6:30pm
Saturday – 9am-2pm
Delaware County Historical Society
Museum/Research Library
408 Avenue of the States
Chester, PA 19013

For Further Information Call: 610-872-0502

Featuring the collections of:

David Vanderhoof – Model Airplanes - www.airplanegeeks.com

George Andrews - Model Airplanes

Anthony Jovinelli – Model Cars and Trucks

Johnson Boys - Toy Planes, cars & boats

P. Vincent Riley – Titanic Books – “the third largest collection east of the Mississippi”

Andre Horne – Diving Gear, “Ultimate Scuba Adventure”
www.ultimatescuba.com

Richard C. McGarvey - Diving Gear "Aqua Hut Dive and Travel Service " www.AquaHut.net - Aquahut@gmail.com

James J. Sinclair - Marine Archaeologist - Profile

DCHS Museum/Research Library - A tableau to the memory of the Titanic

DC Athlete's Hall of Fame - Delaware County Olympians

Farm Chores at the Plantation & Open Houses

Collingdale's first public school c.1910

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

at Ridley Creek State Park 

"Delaware County 100 Years Ago Through Postcards"

Wednesday, August 15

Time 7pm

at the Park Office

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The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation will offer its first ever “Wednesday Evening at the Farm” with a special presentation by local historian, Keith Lockhart. The event will be held inside the main ballroom at the headquarters at Ridley Creek State Park. This is the office for the State Park, the old Jeffords Mansion, just follow the signs for the park office.
At 7 PM Lockhart will present the program featuring his prized collection of Delaware County postcards. Lockhart’s collection is considered the largest of its kind in the region. Take a trip through Delaware County 100 years ago when postcards were the rage! During the evening the Colonial Plantation farmhouse and the kitchen garden will be available for tours they will open at 6. Demonstrations taking place include textile making and long rifle firing. Of course, the Plantation’s farm animals will be around for viewing.
Closing time is 9 PM. Admission is $5 per person. Children under 4 are free. One fee for both events! Money to benefit the Colonial Plantation.
The Plantation is located in Ridley Creek State Park and is easily reached via Routes 3, 352, 252 or Providence Road.

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

at Ridley Creek State Park 

August 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th and 25th.

Farm Chores 

  Whenever you see farm chores you know that it will be a peaceful day where you can play "colonial" and enjoy the serenity of the farm. You are invited to work on a project or skill that you want to do.

Summer Open Houses-
Paper Mill House Museum & Square Tavern
Tour our historic sites this summer

Saturdays, 1- 4PM in July & August
Paper Mill House Museum
2 Paper Mill Road; Newtown SquareParking lot is located off St. David's Road on the other side of the creek. Note that the St. David's Bridge will be closed starting July 16th for repairs, please follow detour signs.
The Square Tavern
Route 252 and Goshen Road; Newtown SquareParking is off of Goshen Road, behind the building and field.