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Living History Sunday: Children’s Day
Children will have the opportunity to attend colonial school, write with quill pens, play colonial games and make a corn-husk doll. The Living History demonstrations are free with a donation requested for the corn husk dolls, house tours are $5/12+, and $3/3-11. Please note that this is a $1 discount on our regular $6 house tour for 12-64 year-olds.
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Enjoy a Day of Fun and Learning at this 18th Century Plantation. The Keith House at Graeme Park is a National Historic Landmark built c. 1722 as the summer home of Sir William Keith, then Governor of Pennsylvania. The Georgian style mansion was later owned and updated by Dr. Thomas Graeme and, during the Revolution, the writer Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson called the estate home. Learn about life on an 18th century country estate and about the lives of the owners…
Find out more »Living History Sunday: Dress Like a Pirate Day
Governor William Keith, the first owner of Graeme Park, helped to rid the port of Philadelphia from the scourge of Blackbeard the Pirate. Learn about piracy in the colonies and beyond. Children and visitors are invited to dress in their best Pirate costume and partake in a hunt for hidden treasure.
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