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- Sat, May 03May 03, 2025, 10:00 AM – Nov 15, 2025, 4:00 PMDate, time and theme vary- check websiteOur 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
- Tue, Jul 01
- Tue, Jul 01Jul 01, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PMZoom- registration requiredAn 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.
- Multiple DatesWed, Jul 02Jul 02, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PMChester County History Center, 225 N High St, West Chester, PA 19380, USAThis 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
- Fri, Jul 04Jul 04, 2025, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PMFort Mifflin, 6400 Hog Island Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19153, USACelebrate 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
- Fri, Jul 04Jul 04, 2025, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PMColonial PA Farmstead, 3900 N Sandy Flash Dr, Newtown Square, PA 19073, USAPrepare 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
- Sat, Jul 05
- Sat, Jul 05Jul 05, 2025, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PMColonial PA Farmstead, 3900 N Sandy Flash Dr, Newtown Square, PA 19073, USAJoin 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
- Multiple DatesSat, Jul 05Jul 05, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PMChester County History Center, 225 N High St, West Chester, PA 19380, USAThis 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
- Multiple DatesSat, Jul 05Jul 05, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PMChester County History Center, 225 N High St, West Chester, PA 19380, USAThis 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
- Sun, Jul 06
- Jul 08, 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.
- Tue, Jul 08*Reading of the Declaration of Independence and Wreath-laying Ceremony- OUTSIDE /1724 Chester CourthouseJul 08, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM1724 Chester Courthouse, 412 Avenue of the States, Chester, PA 19013, USAHear 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.
- Jul 08, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PMBistro on Bridge, 212 Bridge St, Phoenixville, PA 19460, USAYou 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
- Multiple DatesTue, Jul 08*Radnor's Road to 250: Celebrating an American Milestone (Lecture Series) /Finley House- Radnor Historical SocietyJul 08, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PMFinley House- Radnor Historical Society, 113 W Beechtree Ln, Wayne, PA 19087, USAPlease 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
- Wed, Jul 09
- Multiple DatesWed, Jul 09Jul 09, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PMChester County History Center, 225 N High St, West Chester, PA 19380, USAThis 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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