Calendar 2011
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February 26 - Saving the Revolution: Lafayette’s Escape at Barren Hill
2:00 p.m. Historical Society of Montgomery County, 654 DeKalb Street
Norristown, PA 19401
The story of Lafayette’s escape from the British was considered nothing more than a minor skirmish and insignificant to the Revolution story. Because of recent research, retired history teacher and historian, Rudolph Cusumano, discovered how Commanding General Sir William Howe distorted the truth to hide his failure and downplay the American escape. Mr. Cusumano will speak on the life of this Patriot for the American Cause.
For further information, please call 610-272-0297 or e-mail us at contact_us@hsmcpa.org.
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January 26 - 2:00 p.m. Wissahickon Valley Public Library, 650 Skippack Pike (Route 73), Blue Bell, PA 19422
Temple Professor James Hilty will talk about our Presidents, the good & the not so good. He is an authority on the presidents, has published several books and is regularly interviewed by and quoted in the media. For more info call 215-643-1320
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November 16 - 7PM. Blue Bell branch of the Wissahickon Valley Public Library The Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln and Slavery presented by Fred Dugan, A local history teacher.
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November 5 & 6 -Hope Lodge Encampment/Re-enactment. Please consider volunteering for pre-event work or event duties. Information: Diane Horan, 215-542-1275 or dkhoran 2002@aol.com.
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October 23 - 1-4 PM, The Evans-Mumbower Mill and the Springfield Mill. The WVWA and Morris Arboretum are partnering to showcase their 19th Century gristmills. For further info: www.wvwa.org
or www.morrisarboretum.org
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October 16 - Open House at the Franklinville School 1-3PM
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October 15 - Market Day Wissahickon Valley Historical Society at the 1895 Schoolhouse - 8 a.m.
- 2 p.m.
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October 10
- 7:30 p.m. Wissahickon Valley Historical Society Meeting at the Wissahickon Valley Public Library - Blue Bell.
Local Historian Buck Amey will present a program about the Faust
Tannery that occupied intersection of Butler and Bethlehem Pike from 1790.
I Refreshments and social time follow the meeting.
October 8 - 9 - Saturday: 10am – 5pm, Sunday:11am –
4pm Skippack Historical Society, 6th Annual Revolutionary War Encampment and Living History Event to commemorate the Continental Army's encampment in September 1777. Route 73 & Evansburg Road, Skippack, PA. For more info call:
(610) 584-1166
October 9 - at 2PM, The Historical Society of Montgomery County will present: A View of Philadelphia, Historical Blue Staffordshire China at the Historical Society’s Headquarters 1654 DeKalb Street, Norristown, PA. Free to the public.
October 3 - The University of Pennsylvania Museum is sponsoring a series of lectures focusing on Great Riddles in Archaeology.
Check their web-site www.penn.museum for details.
October 1 & 2 - Note:
changed date. starting at 10 am. WWII encampment &
reenactment on the grounds of Graeme Park & the Penrose-Strawbridge park. Cost is $10 on Saturday, including the concert, and $6 on Sunday. The concert will be Saturday, at 5 pm. Admission to the concert only is $5. World War II veterans will have free admission. For more info call: 215-343-0659 or horshamhistory.org
September 24 & 25 - WWII encampment &
reenactment on the grounds of Graeme Park & the Penrose-Strawbridge park.
Note: postponed to 10/1-2
September 18 -
Open House at the Franklinville School 1-3PM also the Evans-Mumbower Mill
September 6 - Beginning at 7PM- 8:30 PM and continuing for 4 consecutive Tuesdays:
“Uncover Your Past; Introduction To Geneology” at the Historical Society of Montgomery County. For Information call:
610-272-0297
August 30 - Meeting in the Blue Bell Library
August 21:
Open House at the Franklinville School 1-3PM also the Evans-Mumbower Mill
June 26 -
Sunday, 2:00 p.m. The Historical Society of Montgomery County presents BENCH & BAR, A Legal Tour at the Historic Montgomery Cemetery, One Hartranft Avenue at Jackson Street, Norristown, PA. Join the historians of the Historical Society as they visit the resting place of some of Montgomery County’s finest legal minds of past
generations.
July 17:
Open House at the Franklinville School 1-3PM
July 11 - 15 - 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Camp Hancock: An Adventure in History.
This camp is offered to children who have completed 5th and 6th grades and have an interest in local history as it relates to national historic events. For more information please contact the Historical Society of Montgomery County at 610-272-0297 or e-mail them at: contact_us@hsmcpa.org. There is a limited number of campers. It will be held at the Historic Montgomery Cemetery, One Hartranft Avenue, Norristown, PA.
June 19:
Open House at the Franklinville School 1-3PM
June 4 - 5 - There will be a Civil War Reunion at:
Pennypacker Mills
5 Haldeman Road
Schwenksville PA 19473
(610) 2879349
Site Opens At 10 am Both Days
May 24 - This is a joint meeting with the Wissahickon Valley Historical Society.
Program: September 11, 1777 - Washington's Defeat at Brandywine
Also: Election of Officers
May 17 - Introduction to Geneology: Uncovering Your Past beginning.
See April Minutes for info.
May 15 - OPEN HOUSES:
1:30-4, at the 1895 SCHOOLHOUSE
1-4, at the EVANS-MUMBOWER MILL
1-4, at the 1858 FRANKLINVILLE SCHOOL
May 14:
Open House at the Franklinville School 1-3PM
May 7 - ANNUAL PLANT & ATTIC SALE!! SATURDAY, 9 - 3, at Boxwood House
April 26 - AFTERNOON MEETING: Tuesday, 1:30PM
Program: Tour of the Jenkins Homestead & Historical Research Center, Lansdale
Presenter: Dick Shearer, President of the Lansdale Historical Society
April 17 - At 2:30 Pm the Historical Society of Montgomery County will present a program,
John Brown and the Harper’s Ferry Raid at the Society Headquarters, 1654 DeKalb Pike in Norristown. Dr. John Quist of Shippensburg University will discuss the raid and its’ impact upon American History. Call 610-272-0297 or visit the Society’s website at
hsmcpa.org for more information.
April 11 - Whitpain Residents Association A public
forum sponsored by the WRO dealing with the future location of
the Second Alarmers Squad scheduled to be next to the Boxwood
House
Whitpain Township Building
Meeting Room A
at 7:30 PM
March 29 @ 1 PM. at the Wissahickon Public Library in Blue Bell located at 650 Skippack Pike.
Col. Ed Scholl, USAR, will talk about the
Lewis and Clark Expedition. He is the author of Lewis and Clark in the Twenty First
Century which recounts his own journey following in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark.
March 27 - At 2:30 PM the Historical Society of Montgomery County will present a program,
Tea and Conversation With Molly Brown, at the Society Headquarters, 1654 DeKalb Pike in Norristown. Molly, better known as the unsinkable Molly Brown, was a survivor of the sinking of the ship Titanic. Tickets are
$25 for members and $30 for non-members. Call 610-272-0297 or visit the Society’s website at
hsmcpa.org for more information. Tea, sandwiches and sweets will be served.
March 26 - The Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia is having their
2011 Old House Fair from 9 AM to 5 PM at the Germantown Friends School, 31 West Coulter St in Philadelphia. The fair will have many vendors and an array of learning opportunities for owners of an old house to better maintain and restore their homes. General Admission is $10;
$5 for members. For more info visit: www.preservationalliance.com or call 215-546-1146 x-7
March 14: SPECIAL EVENT! EVENING MEETING: 7:30 PM
at the Wissahickon Valley Public Library, 650 Skippack Pike in Blue
Bell. Program: "History of the Wissahickon Valley Public Library and Its’ Future Plans"
February 14: 7:30 PM at the Wissahickon Valley Public Library on Skippack Pike the Wissahickon Historical Society will have their monthly meeting. The topic is ‘Hex Signs and Hummelsbriefs’. This is free to the public.
February 13: The Montgomery County Historical Society will present an afternoon with Mary Todd Lincoln on Sunday,
at 2PM at their headquarters, 1654 DeKalb St., Norristown. Further information call 610-272-0297 or look on the web at
contact_us@hsmcpa.org. This event is free to the public.
January 19: 2PM at the Wissahickon Valley Public Library on Skippack Pike Jim Reis will discuss some of his 200+ year old documents (e.g. Morris family property deeds) their historic background and how he collected them. This is free to the public.
