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  • June 2023

  • Sat 24

    Reminder Day Tea Dance

    June 24, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Chester County History Center 225 North High Street, West Chester, PA, United States

    A celebration to commemorate Reminder Day, one of the earliest organized gay rights demonstrations in the United States, held in Philadelphia in 1965 -and subsequently until 1969. Reminder Day sought […]

    Free
  • Wed 28

    That’s Entertainment! Walking Tour

    June 28, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    Visitors will learn about the actors, musicians, artists, writers, and entertainers that called West Chester home.

  • Thu 29

    That’s Entertainment! Walking Tour

    June 29, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    Visitors will learn about the actors, musicians, artists, writers, and entertainers that called West Chester home.

  • July 2023

  • Sat 1

    17 Men – exhibition closes

    July 1, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

    Last day for special exhibition featuring portraits of 17 men who served as part of the USCT during the Civil War.

  • Tue 11

    An Early History of Astronomy in Philadelphia (virtual)

    July 11, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Bart Fried, founder of the Antique Telescope Society, will talk about astronomy in Philadelphia from the 17th to 20th centuries.

  • Sat 15

    The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tours

    July 15, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tours

    The Underground Railroad was a network of people offering shelter and aid to enslaved men, women and children on their journeys to freedom. This small-group walking tour will visit eight […]

  • Wed 19

    The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tours

    July 19, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tours

    The Underground Railroad was a network of people offering shelter and aid to enslaved men, women and children on their journeys to freedom. This small-group walking tour will visit eight […]

  • Thu 20

    Book Discussion – And There Was Light by John Meacham (hybrid)

    July 20, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

    A president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis. Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was […]

  • Tue 25

    The Inconvenient Dead: Exploring Chester County’s Potter’s Fields (Virtual)

    July 25, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Historian Jonathan Hoppe will share his research into the area's potter's fields, where the county's unclaimed found their eternal rest.

  • Wed 26

    The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tours

    July 26, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tours

    The Underground Railroad was a network of people offering shelter and aid to enslaved men, women and children on their journeys to freedom. This small-group walking tour will visit eight […]

  • Sat 29

    Spy Day (Children’s Event)

    July 29, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

    Explore the secret world of historical spies with this family-friendly event!

  • August 2023

  • Wed 2

    The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tours

    August 2, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tours

    The Underground Railroad was a network of people offering shelter and aid to enslaved men, women and children on their journeys to freedom. This small-group walking tour will visit eight […]

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