Underground Railroad in West Chester (walking tour)
The Underground Railroad was a network of people offering shelter and aid to enslaved men, women and children on their journeys to freedom. This family-friendly walking tour will visit eight […]
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Philadelphia Industrialists and Their Country Estates, 1875-1930 (virtual)
Pew. Luden. Berwind. Clothier. Wyeth. Dorrance. Coxe. Schmidt. This talk by former Winterthur Estate Historian Jeff Groff focuses on leading families and the businesses that once made Philadelphia known as the workshop of the world, from railroads, to coal, to canned soup. It highlights their Main Line and Chester County houses including many that may […]
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The Underground Railroad in West Chester (Walking Tour)
The Underground Railroad was a network of people offering shelter and aid to enslaved men, women and children on their journeys to freedom. This family-friendly walking tour will visit eight […]
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Underground Railroad in West Chester (walking tour)
The Underground Railroad was a network of people offering shelter and aid to enslaved men, women and children on their journeys to freedom. This family-friendly walking tour will visit eight […]
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Underground Railroad in West Chester (walking tour)
The Underground Railroad was a network of people offering shelter and aid to enslaved men, women and children on their journeys to freedom. This family-friendly walking tour will visit eight […]
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Hybrid Book Discussion – Gangsters of Capitalism
Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire by Jonathan M. Katz Smedley Butler (1881 – 1940) was the most celebrated warfighter of […]
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Spy Day (children’s event)
There have been spies in Chester County since the 1600s, but did you know that George Washington's own spy ring was once headquartered here? This brand new event will give children the chance to conduct spy missions through the museum, learn to read and write in cipher and code, explore the science of invisible ink […]
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Threats on the Seas: Pirates and the Delaware Valley (virtual)
Pirates are often the subject of films and books that depict them as either dashing swashbucklers or dastardly outlaws, but these popular depictions obscure the reality of pirates in the […]
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Underground Railroad in West Chester (walking tour)
The Underground Railroad was a network of people offering shelter and aid to enslaved men, women and children on their journeys to freedom. This family-friendly walking tour will visit eight […]
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Underground Railroad in West Chester (walking tour)
The Underground Railroad was a network of people offering shelter and aid to enslaved men, women and children on their journeys to freedom. This family-friendly walking tour will visit eight […]
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County Government Records in Genealogical Research (hybrid)
“My ancestors were from Chester County, what records do you have?” “Do you have birth records?” “When did my ancestors get married?” “My ancestor was listed as an inmate in the taxes, what crime did he commit?” “What are poor school children records?” These are some of the most frequently asked questions by genealogists at […]
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Standing on the Border of Two Worlds: The Nature of Cemetery Landscapes (virtual)
Oaklands Cemetery has served as one of West Chester’s primary memorial landscapes since 1854, but it also holds a place within the larger world of well-designed garden cemeteries that redefined […]