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Lunch & Learn: Duel at Dawn – Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr
Early in the morning on July 11, 1804 two men met on the dueling grounds of Weehawken, New Jersey. When the duel was over one man was dead, the other a fugitive. As school children we all learned about that fatal duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, but do we really know what went on? This lecture will go beyond the dueling grounds to the story behind the feud that led to the duel. Speaker Hugh Boyle is the…
Find out more »Lunch & Learn: Hannah Penn
Three hundred years ago Hannah Penn was grieving the loss of her beloved husband William and embroiled in a bitter family fight with her stepson over who would inherit and run the fledgling colony of Pennsylvania. Blessed with a formidable business sense and a strong will, find out how Hannah Penn saved Pennsylvania. Join Doug Miller, site director of Pennsbury Manor to explore the life and contributions of Pennsylvania’s original first lady, and in her function as first female Governor.…
Find out more »Lunch & Learn: The Bryn Athyn Train Wreck
December 5, 1921. Two trains. One track. 27 dead. 70 injured. The crash in Bryn Athyn of two opposing trains of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway was one of the most catastrophic of its time, yet largely unknown today. Many factors contributed to the disaster that unfolded between Woodmont and Paper Mill Stations in Upper Moreland Township, including the wooden passenger cars, which were equipped with gas tanks for heating, the terrain, and the weather. Speaker Jim Rose is a…
Find out more »POSTPONED – Lunch & Learn: Forgotten Heroes – Women & the Fight for the Right to Vote
*** The PHMC and Graeme Park want to ensure that the public remains safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. The PHMC is canceling all events, group and school tours, and rentals at all sites through the end of April. The Friends of Graeme Park will be evaluating programming options and rescheduling what and when we can. Please check back for updates. *** Forgotten Heroes takes the audience on the long 72-year fight for women’s suffrage, beginning at the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention in…
Find out more »CANCELLED: Lunch & Learn: Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson
Wendy Stanley, author of the new historical fiction book featuring Elizabeth Graeme, "The Power to Deny", will be our speaker. Details to come.
Find out more »Lunch & Learn: The Life & Loves of Elizabeth Graeme
Wendy Long Stanley, author of the new historical fiction book based on the life of Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson, will lead us through the life, loves, and losses of Graeme Park’s Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson. Left heartsick and lost after a broken engagement to William Franklin, Elizabeth turned to writing, travel, and a glittering social life for solace, before eventually entering into a secret marriage to Loyalist Henry Hugh Fergusson that would change the course of her life forever. Her book will be…
Find out more »Lunch & Learn: Forgotten Heroes – Women and the Fight for the Right to Vote
Forgotten Heroes takes the audience on the long 72-year fight for women’s suffrage, beginning at the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York and culminating with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. The program will highlight some of the determined and skillful women who courageously fought to change not only the laws, but cultural and social norms. Pennsylvania’s suffrage campaign to amend the state constitution, named the “Pittsburgh Plan” will also be covered. The program was developed as…
Find out more »Lunch & Learn: Typhoid Mary, Irish Immigrant
Poor Mary Mallon, as misunderstood today as she was a hundred years ago. Notoriously known as “Typhoid Mary,” she was a seemingly healthy, determined woman who immigrated from Ireland at a time when just being Irish was enough to arouse suspicion and social rejection. Being female and being poor added to her problems. Through no fault of her own, her case was the stimulus for quite a few social policies that are still in effect today. Our Speaker is Jim Miller,…
Find out more »Lunch & Learn: Clara in a Time of War
In a terrible time of war, one woman must fight for what she holds dear… Pennsylvania, 1777: War rages on in the American Colonies. With her husband off in the fight, Clara Fletcher is trying to survive on her Chester County farm. Danger lurks near and far. The future is uncertain. Then one day a wounded stranger appears in her carriage house, and he might not be what he seems. As Clara and her good friend nurse the man back…
Find out more »Lunch & Learn: Courtship, Sex, and the Single Colonist
Learn about courtship and marriage in early America and how it differed between the upper and lower classes. Discover what happened to bastards, abandoned babes, and orphans, and what was done at the end of life. Speaker Sue Johnston grew up in Germantown and has a Doctorate of Science in Biology and Secondary Science Education. She taught science in Upper Dublin and Souderton School Districts, and at Germantown Academy, Temple, Chestnut Hill and Gwynedd Mercy Colleges. She was affectionately know…
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