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  • Neighborhood Walking Tours
    Neighborhood Walking Tours
    Sat, May 03
    Date, time and theme vary- check website
    May 03, 2025, 10:00 AM – Nov 15, 2025, 4:00 PM
    Date, time and theme vary- check website
    Our specialized, in-depth tours are great for adventurous tourist and inquisitive local alike. Our experienced volunteer guides offer tours every weekend from May–November with each tour focusing on a different part of Greater Philadelphia. Various dates and times. $10-18
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  • *Free Museum Days in Philly- Wawa Welcome America Festival
    *Free Museum Days in Philly- Wawa Welcome America Festival
    Jul 01, 2025, 10:30 AM – Jul 04, 2025, 8:00 PM
    Location varies
    Free museum days in Philadelphia from June 19-July 4 as part of Wawa Welcome America Festival, culminating in concert and fireworks on July 4 at 7 pm. Days, times, locations vary. Check out website for details.
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  • *Mills of the Delaware Valley and Brandywine
    *Mills of the Delaware Valley and Brandywine
    Tue, Jul 01
    Zoom- registration required
    Jul 01, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Zoom- registration required
    An illustrated slide show, recalling the origins of milling in the southeastern PA and DE area, and outlining techniques used in finding and documenting historic mills. Photos and drawings include buildings, milling equipment, aerial photos of sites, and views of mills. Pay as you wish.
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  • The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tour
    The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tour
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Jul 02
    Jul 02, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Chester County History Center, 225 N High St, West Chester, PA 19380, USA
    This small-group walking tour will visit eight locations around downtown West Chester that served as a backdrop for the people involved in this clandestine operation. The tour covers approximately 1.25 miles, lasts 90 minutes, and is entirely outdoors; sidewalks and terrain may be uneven. $16
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  • *Past Times: History Discussion Group
    *Past Times: History Discussion Group
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Jul 03
    Swarthmore Public Library
    Jul 03, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    Swarthmore Public Library, 121 Park Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA
    Listen, contribute and reflect on historical events and people. History buffs are welcome to this forum where we will focus on a different topic each session. July 3: The American Revolution
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  • The 4th at the Fort
    The 4th at the Fort
    Fri, Jul 04
    Fort Mifflin
    Jul 04, 2025, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    Fort Mifflin, 6400 Hog Island Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19153, USA
    Celebrate American Independence at an intact Revolutionary War battlefield! Learn the story of the greatest bombardment of the American Revolution during guided tours, enjoy musket and cannon demonstrations, Revolutionary War Soldier Life program and more! $10/16
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  • Road to Revolution
    Road to Revolution
    Fri, Jul 04
    Colonial PA Farmstead
    Jul 04, 2025, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    Colonial PA Farmstead, 3900 N Sandy Flash Dr, Newtown Square, PA 19073, USA
    Prepare yourself for Revolution! Experience how farm families lived and worked during a transformative time in history and how a working farm played a vital role in the struggle for independence and the shaping of a new nation. $8/12
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  • *Joan Dehm Memorial
    *Joan Dehm Memorial
    Sat, Jul 05
    Thornbury Park Pavilion
    Jul 05, 2025, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
    Thornbury Park Pavilion, 19342 Glen Mills Rd, Glen Mills, PA 19342, USA
    A “Celebration of Life” for longtime historian and Thornbury Historical Society board member is planned for July 5, 2025, at the Thornbury Park Pavilion from 11 am to 2 pm. All are welcome.
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  • 4th of July Celebrations at Colonial PA Farmstead
    4th of July Celebrations at Colonial PA Farmstead
    Jul 05, 2025, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    Colonial PA Farmstead, 3900 N Sandy Flash Dr, Newtown Square, PA 19073, USA
    Join a disgruntled mob of revolutionaries, a gathering of Loyalists, and Quakers who found themselves in the middle, as they confront independence. Watch the colonists make a demonstration against the king, & hear a reading of the Declaration of Independence. $10/14
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  • The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tour
    The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tour
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, Jul 05
    Jul 05, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Chester County History Center, 225 N High St, West Chester, PA 19380, USA
    This small-group walking tour will visit eight locations around downtown West Chester that served as a backdrop for the people involved in this clandestine operation. The tour covers approximately 1.25 miles, lasts 90 minutes, and is entirely outdoors; sidewalks and terrain may be uneven. $16
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  • The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tour
    The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tour
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, Jul 05
    Jul 05, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
    Chester County History Center, 225 N High St, West Chester, PA 19380, USA
    This small-group walking tour will visit eight locations around downtown West Chester that served as a backdrop for the people involved in this clandestine operation. The tour covers approximately 1.25 miles, lasts 90 minutes, and is entirely outdoors; sidewalks and terrain may be uneven. $16
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  • Colonial Toys & Games Day
    Colonial Toys & Games Day
    Sun, Jul 06
    Colonial PA Farmstead
    Jul 06, 2025, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    Colonial PA Farmstead, 3900 N Sandy Flash Dr, Newtown Square, PA 19073, USA
    Play colonial toys & games, explore the farm house, and see the heritage breed animals. Bring a picnic and enjoy the beauty of the farm! Storytime at 11:30 & 1:30. $8/12
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  • *Intro to Genealogy Workshop
    *Intro to Genealogy Workshop
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, Jul 08
    Middletown Free Library
    Jul 08, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Middletown Free Library, 464 S Old Middletown Rd, Media, PA 19063, USA
    Come 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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  • *Reading of the Declaration of Independence and Wreath-laying Ceremony- OUTSIDE
    *Reading of the Declaration of Independence and Wreath-laying Ceremony- OUTSIDE
    Jul 08, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    1724 Chester Courthouse, 412 Avenue of the States, Chester, PA 19013, USA
    Hear the reading of the Declaration of Independence on the anniversary of its reading in 1776. Courthouses around the commonwealth were told to ring their bells and read out the Declaration to the public. Followed by DAR wreath-laying at John Morton's grave at St. Paul's/ Old Swede's Burial Ground.
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  • True Crime on Trial
    True Crime on Trial
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, Jul 08
    Bistro on Bridge
    Jul 08, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Bistro on Bridge, 212 Bridge St, Phoenixville, PA 19460, USA
    You be the judge. Based on the evidence, did the jury in this real historical trial get it right? Historians from the staff of CCHC will present the evidence and give you, the audience, a chance to reach a verdict. At the end, we'll tell you how the case actually turned out. $20
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  • *Radnor's Road to 250: Celebrating an American Milestone (Lecture Series)
    *Radnor's Road to 250: Celebrating an American Milestone (Lecture Series)
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, Jul 08
    Jul 08, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    Finley House- Radnor Historical Society, 113 W Beechtree Ln, Wayne, PA 19087, USA
    Please join Radnor Memorial Library & Radnor Historical Society for 6 lectures (6/17-8/26) on some celebration history beginning in 1876, including some local art and cultural topics, too. 7/8, Presented by local historian Jim Segrave-Daly
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  • Protecting the Building That Protects the Collection
    Protecting the Building That Protects the Collection
    Jul 09, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    Zoom- registration required
    This presentation will examine the critical role of repair and maintenance in defending museum buildings and the collections they contain against threats from without, threats from within, and threats from below. $10
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  • The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tour
    The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tour
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Jul 09
    Jul 09, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Chester County History Center, 225 N High St, West Chester, PA 19380, USA
    This small-group walking tour will visit eight locations around downtown West Chester that served as a backdrop for the people involved in this clandestine operation. The tour covers approximately 1.25 miles, lasts 90 minutes, and is entirely outdoors; sidewalks and terrain may be uneven. $16
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