Para Normal Activities at the Colonial Plantation and History Bike Ride

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

at Ridley Creek State Park        

September 29th at night-

Historic Haunts, A Paranormal Investigation of the Colonial Plantation

                                                              Date: Saturday, September 29, 2012

                                 Time: 8 PM or 11 PM - Rain or Shine!

                                              Cost: $25.00 per person

                                  Reservations required by calling the office at                                                       610-566-1725.

                         Get a $5.00 discount ($20.00 per person) by     

       mentioning this email.  

These investigations are two-and-a-half hours in length, and are appropriate for ages 12 and up. You will be in darkened rooms with low light levels, and walking on some uneven paths. Please bring a flashlight. Investigations are held rain or shine - please dress appropriately. All tickets are $25 and reservations are required. Please call 610-566-1725 to make a reservation.

On the night of August 4th, the Delmarva Historic Haunts performed an investigation of the spirits of the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation. This is the first time a paranormal investigation has been conducted on the 18th century farm buildings. 

  They will share the results of this investigation on September 29th. Come and join the investigators as they lead each group from building to building, describing their findings at each stop. You may also tour the DHH mobile lab. They have declared the site as haunted, but decide for yourself!

The Delaware County Historical Society Presents

RIDE FOR HISTORY

Sunday, September 30, 2012
Proceeds Benefit Delaware County
Historical Society’s “Passport to History” Education Program
“Keeping History Alive in Delaware County”

GRAND MARSHALL HARRY HAIRSTON,
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FOR NBC 10
WILL LEAD THE TOUR!

and a bike show!

Registration begins 9:00 AM at Hannum’s
Harley Davidson—Chadds Ford!
• Pick up your History Passport, purchase
your commemorative tee shirt and shop
at Hannum’s!
• First riders depart at 10:00 AM!
• Visit participating historic sites in
Delaware County, PA
• Get your “History Passport” stamped at
each site to be eligible for $1,000 in
CASH PRIZES!

• End at Harrah’s Philadelphia Racetrack
and Casino in Chester for food, fun,
vendors and a bike show!
$20/person-$25/couple (pre registration)
$25/person-$30/couple (day of event)
Online registration coming soon!
For further information on the event and
bike show:
visit www.dchs-pa.org or call 610-359-0832

Covered Bridges and the Civil War

                                Can you remember when Chester Creek in Aston looked like this?
                                                  MIDDLETOWN MONDAYS
                            A Lecture Series in Celebration of the 325th Anniversary of the Township

Lectures begin at 7:30 p.m.

at Lima Estates, 411 North Middletown Road, Media, PA 19063

Free and open to the public, no registration required

Monday, September 17

"COVERED BRIDGES OF DELAWARE COUNTY"

by Keith Lockhart,

Delaware County Historian

and creator of www.delawarecountyhistory.com

   The covered bridge is an important historic structure in Pennsylvania.  The state leads the nation with a total of 197 remaining intact today, unfortunately that number was 227 in 1982 and 271 in 1972.  It has been estimated that there were at least 1500 covered bridges in PA during the height of the covered bridge period 1830-1880.  The first covered bridge in America was built over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia in 1800.  The creeks of Delaware County were once crossed by dozens of covered bridges, sadly only one, Bartram's, remains today over Crumb Creek in Newtown Township.

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

at Ridley Creek State Park    

        

Civil War Battle & Camp

Saturday, September 22nd

11 AM - 5 PM, last entry at 4 PM

Sunday, September 23rd

11 AM - 2:30 PM, last entry at 2 PM 

The South is invading Pennsylvania again. The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation will be hosting a Federal and Confederate battle and camp on September 22nd & 23rd. Witness firearm demonstrations, drills, a burial squad, use of herbs in the 1860s and camp life. There will be period fashions and displays of civilian life. Battles will take place on Saturday at 12 and 4. Sunday's battle will be at 2. Watch the North try to defend the farm against the invading forces from old Dixie.

No visitors are permitted to enter after battle has begun.

Particpating Units

4th Texas, Company B "The Tom Green Rifles" (host unit)

12th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry "Company K" (host unit)

Salem Flying Artillery

Bell's Rifles

10th Virginia

Louisanna Zouaves

Members of the Mifflin Guard

Civil War Heritage Foundation

Spanglers Mercantile - Sutler

J. Arthur Moore - Author " Up from Corinth" (Saturday only)

The Stitching Dutchman, & Co - Sutler

Traveling Tintypist

  

Admission: $12 for adults & $8 for children

(children under 4 are free!)

September 12th Open House at the Literacy Council.

                                               2217 Providence Avenue Chester PA 19013
         Home of the Literacy Council built about 1835 by the Wetherill Family later a funeral home

            September 12th Open House at the Literacy Council.

           Where: Delaware County Literacy Council

                                                      2217 Providence Avenue Chester PA 19013  610.876.4811

                 When: Wednesday, September 12, 2012

                                       5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.

 

Featured Activities:

♦ Learn about the Literacy Council's volunteer opportunities and our adult literacy programs in reading, writing, math, GED, and English as a Second Language (ESL)

♦ Listen to student and community speakers share their thoughts on the importance of literacy

Scheduled to Appear:

• Michael Lahoud, player on the Philadelphia Union soccer team and native of Sierra Leone
  
• David Ellis, Rotary District Governor
  
• Jonathan Abdur Rahim King of the "Real Men Really Read" Campaign
  
• Veronica Brown, DCLC Adult Learner
  
• Bloggers and editors from the Delaware County Daily Times

              Stop by to share light refreshments, learn more about our
                mission and activities, listen to speakers, and
                        meet adult literacy students and tutors

All Are Welcome−No RSVP Required

Please visit our website at www.delcoliteracy.org Find us on facebook and YouTube.

Susan Keller
Volunteer Coordinator
Delaware County Literacy Council
2217 Providence Avenue
Chester PA 19013
610-876-4811; Fax: 610-876-5414

www.delcoliteracy.org

Thanks to Doris Buffett's Sunshine Lady Foundation, new and increased gifts to DCLC will be matched dollar for dollar up to $10,000! Double your gift to DCLC at www.delcoliteracy.org or send a check to DCLC, 2217 Providence Avenue, Chester, PA 19013

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Delaware County Literacy Council

A militia muster and Titanic Fundraiser

 

Does any reader recognize this picture? It is the Worrell Postoffice near Media location unknown.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

at Ridley Creek State Park

Harvest Day and Militia Muster with a nightime concert

featuring the "Bochanski Brothers"

September 1st

Join us for our Labor Day Weekend muster. We will gather to celebrate good food and good friends. The Third Light Infantry will be doing a school of the Soldier but most of the Chester County Militia will just mill around the house and talk. It is what we do best. The night concludes with the Bochanski Brothers playing good old rock and roll.

 

DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PRESENTS
A “TITANIC” GALA
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
ARONIMINK GOLF CLUB
6:30 PM -10:30 PM

MISTRESS OF
CEREMONIES
FOX 29 WEATHER
ANCHOR –SUE SERIO
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
JAMES J. SINCLAIR, M.A.
WORLD RENOUNDED MARINE
ARCHAEOLOGIST

The “Titanic Gala” event will raise funds for the Delaware County Historical Society and our educational program“Passport to History”. Our educational program mission is to teach students the importance of history and how our past affects our future. A Passport to History participant submitted a quote stating “History is made every day by what you do and what you
say”, a motto we have adopted. The Delaware County Historical Society’s Passport to History Program is in every public school district in Delaware County, as well as in cyber, home, parochial and private schools. We teach over 3,000 students each year, and provide curriculum based hands-on programs both in school and outside of the conventional classrooms while abiding by our
mission to protect and preserve the history of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.