Name: Lecture – “The Writing of the Declaration and What It Meant in 1776″
Start: 2026-04-29T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-29T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Washington Crossing Historic Park

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5 0 events, 5	6 0 events, 6	7 0 events, 7	8 0 events, 8	9 0 events, 9	10 0 events, 10	11 1 event, 11 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Monthly Living History: Soldier Saturdays – April 2026 April 11 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Monthly Living History: Soldier Saturdays – April 2026 Soldier Saturdays & Farmstead Fridays – 2026 From April through October 2026, Washington Crossing Historic Park will host Soldier Saturdays & Farmstead Fridays, a series of free monthly living history programs exploring military and civilian life during the American Revolution, presented in partnership with Americana Corner. Programs are held at the Thompson-Neely Farmstead and Lower Park Village from 11 AM–3 PM on the second Saturday and fourth Friday of each month. Note: Some programs are subject to change due to weather or other factors. Farmstead Fridays – Thompson-Neely Farmstead Location: 1638 River Road, New Hope, PA 18938Explore civilian life during Read More
12 0 events, 12	13 1 event, 13 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Book Club April 13 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Book Club The Washington Crossing Historic Park Book Club invites history enthusiasts to explore the American Revolution through engaging discussion and carefully selected readings. Led by the park’s Museum Curator, Kimberly McCarty, the club meets virtually via Zoom and focuses on books that shed new light on the Revolutionary era, with special emphasis on the events surrounding the Delaware River crossing and the 1776 campaign. Free and open to all, meetings typically take place on the third Monday of each month and provide an opportunity to connect with fellow readers while deepening your understanding of this pivotal period in American history. Read More	14 0 events, 14	15 0 events, 15	16 0 events, 16	17 0 events, 17	18 1 event, 18 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Wheat and Sheep Day 2026 April 18 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Wheat and Sheep Day 2026 Join us on Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 10 AM to 4 PM as we welcome spring at Washington Crossing Historic Park with a day of hands-on history and family fun at the Thompson-Neely Farmstead. This special event invites visitors to explore how wheat and wool were essential parts of daily life in early America through interactive demonstrations, historic tours, and engaging activities for all ages. Throughout the day, enjoy traditional hand shearing demonstrations, tour the historic grist mill, and learn how raw materials like fleece and grain were transformed into everyday necessities during the colonial period. Visitors will also Read More
19 0 events, 19	20 0 events, 20	21 0 events, 21	22 0 events, 22	23 0 events, 23	24 2 events, 24 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Monthly Living History: Farmstead Fridays – Household Chores April 24 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Monthly Living History: Farmstead Fridays – Household Chores April: Household Chores Join us as the farmstead steps into spring with different tasks to do around the house and gardens. Whether it's mending clothes, preparing garden beds, or making candles, our interpreters will be busy preparing for a new season of farm production as it was done 250 years ago. Location: Thompson-Neely Farmstead, 1638 River Road, New Hope, PA 18938 Time: Friday April 24th 2026, 11am - 3pm This free event is part of our Monthly Living History Series. From April through October 2026, Washington Crossing Historic Park hosts Soldier Saturdays & Farmstead Fridays. Presented in partnership with Americana Read More, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Hibbs House Garden Tours April 24 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Hibbs House Garden Tours Join Washington Crossing Historic Park’s Historical Horticulturist, Anna Davis, for a guided walk through the working garden that supports the park’s interpretation of colonial life. During this 45-minute tour, visitors will explore the seasonal herbs, vegetables, flowers, and dye plants that would have been commonly grown in American kitchen gardens of the 1700s. Learn how these plants were used for food, textiles, and everyday remedies while discovering how historians and gardeners reconstruct historic landscapes using period sources. Along the way, Anna will share stories about early American gardening practices, heirloom plant varieties, and the role gardens played in the daily Read More	25 0 events, 25
26 0 events, 26	27 0 events, 27	28 0 events, 28	29 1 event, 29 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Lecture – “The Writing of the Declaration and What It Meant in 1776″ April 29 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Lecture – “The Writing of the Declaration and What It Meant in 1776″ Friends of Washington Crossing Park (FWCP) has been awarded a $15,000 grant through America250PA’s Lecture250 Series to support their upcoming presentation, “The Writing of the Declaration and What It Meant in 1776”. The funding will help Washington Crossing Historic Park offer this signature lecture and support the other free public lectures presented at the park throughout the year, exploring the people, ideas, and events that shaped our Commonwealth and the nation. Dr. Emily Sneff’s new book, When the Declaration of Independence Was News, examines how the Declaration was disseminated, interpreted, and remembered in Pennsylvania and across the Atlantic world in 1776. Read More	30 0 events, 30