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April 2023

Tue 18
April 18, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the Perfect Tree (virtual)

Author Susan Freinkel discusses the tragic history of the nearly-extinct American Chestnut tree.

June 2023

Wed 14
June 14, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

From Whence We Came: Finding Black Ancestors in the Historical Record

Historian and genealogist Kimberly F.B. Bucklaw will discuss how to overcome research hurdles in tracing your ancestors' stories.

August 2023

Tue 22
August 22, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Outbreak! Coatesville, Typhoid, and the New Public Health (Virtual)

In 1912, the city of Coatesville became the hot zone of the state's last community-wide typhoid epidemic.

October 2023

Tue 10
October 10, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother & Botanical Atrocities

Author Amy Stewart will discuss her New York Times bestselling book, Wicked Plants, about Mother Nature's most appalling creations!

January 2024

Tue 23
January 23, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Abandoned Eastern Pennsylvania (Virtual)

Explore haunting images of abandoned buildings of Eastern PA with guest speaker and award-winning photographer, Cindy Vasko.

February 2024

Tue 6
February 6, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The Burning of Pennsylvania Hall: A Legal Lynching in the Shadow of the Liberty Bell (Virtual)

Historian Beverly C. Tomek's virtual presentation details the early opposition to the Anti-Slavery movement in Pennsylvania, and the ensuing mob violence that led to the destruction of Pennsylvania Hall in 1838.

Tue 20
February 20, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon: A History (Virtual)

Historian Robert J. Kodosky, Ph.D. will share the history of the Nile Swim Club which opened in 1959 in Yeadon, PA in defiance of local segregation practices.

March 2024

Tue 12
March 12, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys of Pennsylvania (VIRTUAL)

Historian Robert J. Kodosky, Ph.D. will share the history of the Nile Swim Club which opened in 1959 in Yeadon, PA in defiance of local segregation practices.

Tue 26
March 26, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Cecilia Beaux: A Modern Painter in the Gilded Age (Virtual Lecture)

Alice A. Carter, writer, artist, and professor, helps CCHC in celebrate Women's History Month with the story of Philadelphia painter Cecelia Beaux.

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