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*NOTE- Several events have been cancelled or postponed due to health concerns. Please check with the event organizer/ website to check whether it is still happening. If you know of any updates not on here, please email*

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Preservation Alliance Architecture Walking Tours
Various locations- check website
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May 29, 10:00 AM – Oct 31, 4:00 PM
Various locations- check website
Architecture Tours are back, from May through October. 10 am on Saturdays and 2 pm on Sundays (and some Wednesdays at 6 pm) at various locations. Check the website for updated dates, times, and tours. $10 members, $15 non-members
*Women Are Essential: Interpretive Strategies that Reveal Women Are Everywhere
Zoom- registration required
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Aug 12, 3:00 PM
Zoom- registration required
This webinar will explore interpretative strategies including tools, resources, processes, and programs that can help elevate the important roles women played and reveal the difficult relationships and problematic power dynamics associated with women as wives, business managers, caregivers, and more
Defending the Delaware: A Special Two-Part Event- Part 2
Fort Mifflin
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Aug 21, 10:00 AM EDT – Aug 22, 4:00 PM EDT
Fort Mifflin, 6400 Hog Island Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19153, USA
Explore the fascinating history of how the Delaware was fortified during the Revolution and help to build a replica of one of the defenses. Part 2- visit Fort Mifflin in person to work with volunteers from the 4th Connecticut Regiment, who are constructing a replica cheval de frise. $10
*History at Work
Newlin Grist Mill
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Aug 28, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Newlin Grist Mill, 219 Cheyney Rd, Glen Mills, PA 19342, USA
Get a closer look at trades of the eighteenth century in Newlin’s “History at Work” series. Members of Newlin Grist Mill’s staff, volunteers, and outside artisans will demonstrate their crafts and talk with visitors about how different trades and skills were integral to life in colonial Pennsylvania
*13th Annual Pirate Festival and Encampment
Market Square Memorial Park
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Sep 18, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Market Square Memorial Park, 4 E Delaware St, Marcus Hook, PA 19061, USA
This festival includes a full pirate encampment with period tents, demonstrations and showcases their wares, firearms, cannons and beer making. In the Park area we will have games, food, live music, face painting, pony rides, petting zoo, crafters, beer garden and much more. Benefits MHPS.
A Silver Anniversary Celebration in an Historic Garden
Bartram's Garden
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Sep 23, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Bartram's Garden, 5400 Lindbergh Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19143, USA
Join the Preservation Alliance for an elegant evening, as we honor Sam Katz, winner of the special Silver Anniversary Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the public’s understanding of Philadelphia history. $250-350, includes dinner
*History at Work
Newlin Grist Mill
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Sep 25, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Newlin Grist Mill, 219 Cheyney Rd, Glen Mills, PA 19342, USA
Get a closer look at trades of the eighteenth century in Newlin’s “History at Work” series. Members of Newlin Grist Mill’s staff, volunteers, and outside artisans will demonstrate their crafts and talk with visitors about how different trades and skills were integral to life in colonial Pennsylvania
*History at Work
Newlin Grist Mill
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Oct 30, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Newlin Grist Mill, 219 Cheyney Rd, Glen Mills, PA 19342, USA
Get a closer look at trades of the eighteenth century in Newlin’s “History at Work” series. Members of Newlin Grist Mill’s staff, volunteers, and outside artisans will demonstrate their crafts and talk with visitors about how different trades and skills were integral to life in colonial Pennsylvania

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