History

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.