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HISTORY
Historic Craven Hall & The John Fitch Steamboat Museum
Ongoing: House and John Fitch Steamboat Museum Tours
Street and Newtown Roads, Warminster, PA. 215-675-4698; www.craven-hall.org.
New Hope Historical Society
Ongoing: Walking Tours of Downtown New Hope
Through November: Tours of Parry Mansion
45 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. 215-862-5652; www.newhopehs.org.
Pearl S. Buck House
Ongoing: Discover the Legacy Tours
June 26: Pearl S. Buck’s 122nd Birthday Celebration
520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA. 215-249-0100; www.psbi.org.
Summerseat
Ongoing: First Saturday of every month: The stately Georgian mansion of Summerseat is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free tours also available by appointment. Historic Morrisville Society, Hillcrest & Legion Avenues, Morrisville, PA. 215-295-7339; www.historicsummerseat.com.
Lambertville Historical Society
Through October: Guided Walking Tours of Lambertville
Through November: James Wilson Marshall House Open
60 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ. 609-397-0770; www.lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org.
Mennonite Heritage Center
Through October: Common Threads: Textiles from the Mennonite Heritage Center, Goschenhoppen Historians, and Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
July 17-19: Used Book Sale
565 Yoder Road, Harleysville, PA. 215-256-3020; www.mhep.org.
Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum
Through October 26: Museum Tours
June 29: Annual Corporate Meeting and Farmers’ Honor Roll
July 27: Festival of Farming
1605 Daniel Bray Highway, Lambertville, NJ. 609-397-2752; www.holcombe-jimison.org.
National Constitution Center
Through October 19: Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello
July 2-5: An All-American Celebration on Independence Mall
525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. 215-409-6600; www.constitutioncenter.org.
Battleship New Jersey
Through September 3: Daily tours
June 28: Garden State Craft Brewers Guild Beer Fest on the Battleship
July 5: Annual Battleship Blast
Admission. 62 Battleship Place, Camden Waterfront, Camden, NJ. 866-877-6262; www.battleshipnewjersey.org.
Mercer Museum
Through August 24: America’s Road: The Journey of Route 66
September 6-October 26: For All the World to See: Visual Culture & the Struggle for Civil Rights
Admission. 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA. 215-345-0210; www.mercermuseum.org.
Pennsbury Manor
June 15; July 20; August 17; September 21: Open Hearth Cooking
June 22; July 27; August 24: Garden Highlights and Beer Brewing Demonstration
June 29; August 31: Animals at Pennsbury
July 6; August 3; September 7: Historic Trades
July 7-18: Colonial Camp
July 13; August 10; September 14: Living History Theater
400 Pennsbury Memorial Road, Morrisville, PA. 215-946-0400; www.pennsburymanor.org.
Historic Fallsington
June 19: Family Entertainment Night
July 26: Tales of the American Revolution
September 11: Informative Lecture
Admission. 4 Yardley Avenue, Fallsington, PA. 215-295-6567; www.historicfallsington.org.
Hunterdon County Tricentennial
June 21-22: Delaware Township Historical Event
June 21: Hunterdon County Community Day
July 12: South County Farm Tour
July 13, 20: Open House and Tours of County and Municipal Museums
July 23: Farmers/Businessman Picnic at South County Park
September 6: Farm Tour of Northern Hunterdon County
September 27: Chief Tuccamirgen Day at Fleming Castle
Hunterdon County, NJ. www.hunterdon300th.org.
The Friends of Howell Living History Farm
June 21: Dairying
July 11: Summer Barn Dance
July 12, 19, 26: Evening Hayrides
August 2-3: Mercer County 4H Fair/Wheat Threshing
August 9: Honey Harvest
August 16: Potato Harvest
August 23: Fiddlin’ on the Farm
August 30: Plowing Match
September 7: Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse Tour
70 Wooden’s Lane, Lambertville, NJ. 609-737-3299; www.howellfarm.org.
Historic Langhorne Association
June 21: Annual Car Show
June 24-August 19: Summer Speaker Series
August 28: Summer Theater Trip
160 West Maple Avenue, Langhorne, PA. 215-757-1888; www.historiclanghorne.org.
Red Mill Museum Village
June 21: Agro-Industry Day
June 29; August 24; September 14: Guided Tour of the Mill and Quarry
July 9-13: Black Potatoe Music Festival
July 13: Guided Mill Tour
July 16; August 13: Summer Camp
July 19: Kids Day
August 2-3: Revolutionary War Days
September 14: Blacksmith Hammer-In
56 Main Street, Clinton, NJ. 908-735-4101; www.theredmill.org.
The Tewksbury Historical Society
June 22: Lecture and Walking Tour of Mountainville
July 13, 20: Headquarters and Museum Open
July 20: Barn Tour
August 17: Auto Tour of Tewksbury
60 Water Street, Lebanon, NJ. 908-832-6734; www.tewksburyhistory.net.
Peter Wentz Farmstead Society
June 23-27: Colonial Day Camp
July 6: Reading of the Declaration
July 7-11: Mitte Camp
July 21-August 1: Wentz Wonder Kids Camp
September 13-21: Exhibit: Airing the Quilts
Shearer Road, Worcester, PA. 610-584-5104; www.peterwentzfarmsteadsociety.org.
Fonthill Castle
June 24: Henry Mercer’s Birthday
July 4: Fonthill’s Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration
July 5; August 2; September 6: Tower Tours for Families
July 28: Medieval Camp
August 11: Archaeology Camp
August 23: Fonthill Castle Beer Fest
525 East Court Street, Doylestown, PA. 215-348-9461; www.fonthillmuseum.org.
Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library
June 25-August 27: Book Discussion Club
July 1-August 12: Preschool Read-to-Me Club
July 2-August 13: Reader’s Theater
July 3-August 14: Summer Reading Club
July 7-August 11: Family Read Together Nights
July 8-August 5: Book Bites
July 14, 15, 17: Science in the Summer
August 5, 12, 19: Lunch Brunch Movies
August 20: Civil War Prisons with Hugh Boyle
August 23: Civil War Era Music with Thomas Jolin
680 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA. 215-788-7891; www.grundylibrary.org.
North County Branch of the Hunterdon County Library
June 25: The County Surrogate Part II: Whys, Whos, Hows, and Wheres of Wills
July 22: True Jersey Blues: Army Enlistment in 1862
August 27: Kingwood’s Hidden Past: The Lenni-Lenape Indians
September 16: Hunterdon’s Historic Barns
65 Halstead Street, Clinton, NJ. 908-730-6262; www.hclibrary.us.
David Library of the American Revolution Lecture Series
June 26: Lord Dunmore: The Extraordinary Life of a Royal Governor in Revolutionary America
1201 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA. 215-493-6776; www.dlar.org.
Historic Bethlehem Partnership
June 28-September 27: Dolly & Me
July 5-September 6: Hunt for History Club
July 18-20: Blueberry Festival
September 5: The Burnside Sale
Bethlehem, PA. 610-882-0450; www.historicbethlehem.org.
Valley Forge National Historical Park
July 4: Community Picnic in the Park
September 2: Friends of Valley Forge Park Speaker Series
1400 North Outer Line Drive, King of Prussia, PA. 610-783-1077; www.nps.gov/vafo.
Main Branch of the Hunterdon County Library
July 9: Hunterdon Architecture
August 2: Story Songs of History with Gordon Thomas Ward
August 13: The Probate Process
September 10: Trains, Train Stations, and Railroads of Hunterdon
September 28: Col. John Reading, Sr. and the Founding Fathers of Hunterdon
314 State Route 12, Building 3, Flemington, NJ. 908-788-1444; www.hclibrary.us.
The Highlands Mansion and Gardens
July 14-18: Hobbits at the Highlands
August 11-15: Summer Fun at the Highlands
Admission. 7001 Sheaff Lane, Fort Washington, PA. 215-641-2687; www.highlandshistorical.org.
Heritage Conservancy
July 26: Annual Farm to Table Fundraiser Dinner (Lindsay Farm, Warwick, PA)
September 20: The Art of Preservation: A Farm to Table Event (Historic Kirkland Farm, Springtown, PA)
Historic Aldie Mansion, 85 Old Dublin Pike, Doylestown, PA. 215-345-7020; www.heritageconservancy.org.
48th Annual Goschenhoppen Folk Festival
August 8-9: The festival showcases the trades and home skills of the Pennsylvania Dutch in the 18th and 19th centuries. Over 500 costumed volunteers recreate kitchens, parlors, trade shops, and itinerants to bring to life the hands-on skills from the past. Green Lane, PA. 215-234-8953; www.goschenhoppen.org.
Graeme Park
August 24: Living History Theater
September 24: Home School Day
Admission. 859 County Line Road, Horsham, PA. 215-343-0965; www.graemepark.org.
8th Annual Barn Tour of Saucon Valley Barns
September 13: The Saucon Valley Conservancy hosts its annual barn tour. This extensive self-guided and self-paced tour of local barns featuring homesteads also includes expert lectures on Pennsylvania barns and a book signing. Admission. Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, PA. 610-838-1199; www.sauconvalleyconservancy.org.
America on Wheels
September 13: Jamboree and Automotive Flea Market
September 14: America on Wheels Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Dodge Extravaganza
Admission. 5 North Front Street, Allentown, PA. 610-432-4200; www.americaonwheels.org.
The Historical Society of Hilltown Township
September 20: Annual Fall Festival and Open House. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rain or shine.
Hartzel-Strassburger Homestead, 407 Keystone Drive and Bethlehem Pike, Sellersville, PA. 267-614-9174; www.hilltown.org.