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Upcoming Events
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- Jan 15, 2025, 6:30 PMHistorical Society of Pennsylvania/Zoom, 1300 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA“Building ghosts” are the idiosyncratic remnants or imprints of demolished buildings, left behind on the sides of neighboring structures. Molly Lester and Michael Bixler will discuss their new book and the ghosts that reveal new truths and provocations about the changing city. $0/10. Hybrid
- Jan 16, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AMMarple Library, 2599 Sproul Rd, Broomall, PA 19008, USAWe'll kick off the year with a video presentation on The Life and Works of Jane Austen, a cup of tea, and we'll hand out copies of Pride and Prejudice, the first of Austen’s book we will read and discuss. The first 10 registrants to attend will receive a new copy of the book to keep.
- Jan 16, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AMChester County History Center and Zoom, 225 N High St, West Chester, PA 19380, USAThis book presents research that suggests how the post-Columbian network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for 200 years made Mexico City the center of the world. Pay as you wish.
- Multiple DatesJan 17, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PMZoom- registration requiredZoom in at noon on the third Friday monthly, to learn resource development tips to help with your America 250 fundraising, marketing, volunteer recruitment & retention. Hosted by CC250. 11/24- 3/25: Fundraising; 4/25-5/25: Marketing; 6/25: Social Media; 7/25: Volunteers.
- Jan 17, 2025, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMRoute 9 Library & Innovation Center, 3022 New Castle Ave, New Castle, DE 19720, USACome learn simple methods to protect, clean and repair your treasured objects. With the guidance of conservators from the University of Delaware, you will get to work on restoring your own treasures. Attend 1 or all 3. Max 6 people per session. Registration required. 1- Protect (make a box)
- Jan 19, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMGloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church, 916 S Swanson St, Philadelphia, PA 19147, USAJoin us for a concert focused around Pennsylvania’s oldest church. Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church was the spiritual hub of Swedish immigrants settled along the Delaware River. Old Swedes’ proximity to the port on the Delaware also made it a destination for mariners – both religious and rowdy! $30
- Jan 21, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AMMiddletown Free Library, 464 S Old Middletown Rd, Media, PA 19063, USACome learn about Genealogy and get started on researching your ancestors! Learn how to set up your family tree and figure out what the Ancestry DNA kits are all about. Or get help with your current research! Feel free to bring your own laptop/tablet, but we do have a few to borrow.
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- Jan 21, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PMZoom- registration requiredWho were the Molly Maguires, what did they do, and why did they do it? Why did contemporaries describe them in such luridly hostile ways? And what do their actions tell us about transatlantic protest and class conflict in the nineteenth century? Pay as you wish.
- Multiple DatesJan 24, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PMVirtual- registration requiredIn 2026, America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the founding of our nation. Let’s inspire and engage all our communities in commemoration of America’s founding, connecting Chester County’s stories to the nation’s past, present and future. Part of CC250 virtual meetings
- Jan 25, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PMChester County History Center, 225 N High St, West Chester, PA 19380, USADuring this family evening event children will explore what life was like in the past before electricity. Learn about all the different sources of light, and what bedtime was like, from pajamas, to brushing your teeth, to tightening your rope bed. Age 6-12. $8-10
- Jan 28, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AMMiddletown Free Library, 464 S Old Middletown Rd, Media, PA 19063, USACome learn about Genealogy and get started on researching your ancestors! Learn how to set up your family tree and figure out what the Ancestry DNA kits are all about. Or get help with your current research! Feel free to bring your own laptop/tablet, but we do have a few to borrow.
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