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Portraying George Washington: An Evening with John Godzieba

The Newtown Theatre 120 North State Street, Newtown, PA, United States

This year marks George Washington’s 292nd birthday. In his honor, the Newtown Theatre will host a special program, “Portraying George Washington: An Evening with John Godzieba,” on Tuesday, February 20 at 7:30 PM. Godzieba has portrayed George Washington since 2009 and serves in this role at Washington Crossing Historic Park. During his February 20 presentation and Q&A, Godzieba will discuss Washington’s time in Bucks County, little known facts about the general’s life and character, how Washington’s birthday was celebrated through the years, the research that goes into Godzieba’s portrayal and uniform, and his personal experience portraying Washington at the park’s Read More

February Book Club: Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution

Virtual PA, United States

In partnership with the Friends of Washington Crossing Park the next meeting of the Washington Crossing Historic Park Book Club is set for Wednesday, February 21 at 5:30 PM. This meeting will be held virtually using Zoom. Click here to register. Registration is required. Zoom meeting details will be provided upon registration. Museum Curator Kimberly McCarty will lead a discussion of the book club’s next selection: Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution by Don N. Hagist. Please read the Chapters 8-10. Book club meetings are free and open to all. Members should provide their own books. Read More

Lecture – “Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America”

Virtual PA, United States

This is a hybrid event.  Visitors may attend in-person in the Visitor Center Auditorium or virtually on Zoom.  In the event of inclement weather, this will be a virtual-only event.  Registrants will be notified. Join University of Pennsylvania professor Kathleen M. Brown as she discusses her book Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in America, winner of the Organization of American Historians' Lawrence Levine Book Prize for cultural history and the Society of the History of the Early American Republic Book Prize. Foul Bodies explores early America’s evolving perceptions of cleanliness, along the way analyzing the connections between changing public expectations for appearance Read More

March Book Club: Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution

Virtual PA, United States

In partnership with the Friends of Washington Crossing Park the next meeting of the Washington Crossing Historic Park Book Club is set for Monday, March 18 at 5:30 PM. This meeting will be held virtually using Zoom. Click here to register. Registration is required. Zoom meeting details will be provided upon registration. Museum Curator Kimberly McCarty will lead a discussion of the book club’s next selection: Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution by Don N. Hagist. Please read the Chapters 11-13. Book club meetings are free and open to all. Members should provide their own books.

Weekly Living History Programs

Washington Crossing Historic Park 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA, United States

Join us for a series of Living History programs that we will be conducting in the park on Fridays in April - June, and then Fridays and Saturdays in July - September. These programs will cover a variety of of topics surrounding the life of Soldiers and civilians during the American Revolution. Demonstrations will take place at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30pm. Reenactors and demonstrators will discuss the topic/activity they are portraying while also providing context for how this would effect life during the American Revolution.

Weekly Living History Programs

Washington Crossing Historic Park 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA, United States

Join us for a series of Living History programs that we will be conducting in the park on Fridays in April - June, and then Fridays and Saturdays in July - September. These programs will cover a variety of of topics surrounding the life of Soldiers and civilians during the American Revolution. Demonstrations will take place at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30pm. Reenactors and demonstrators will discuss the topic/activity they are portraying while also providing context for how this would effect life during the American Revolution.

Lecture – “The Revolution’s Last Men: The Soldiers Behind the Photographs”

Virtual PA, United States

This is a hybrid event.  Visitors may attend in-person in the Visitor Center Auditorium or virtually on Zoom.  In the event of inclement weather, this will be a virtual-only event.  Registrants will be notified.  Registration is required.  Log-in information provided at registration. Join historian Don Hagist as he discusses his book The Revolution's Last Men:  The Soldiers Behind the Photographs.  During the Civil War came the realization that only a handful of veterans of the American Revolution still survived.  Six of these men were photographed and interviewed for a book by Reverend E. B. Hillard that appeared late in 1864. Their Read More

April Book Club: Misinformation Nation: Foreign News and the Politics of Truth in Revolutionary America

Virtual PA, United States

In partnership with the Friends of Washington Crossing Park the next meeting of the Washington Crossing Historic Park Book Club is set for Monday, April 15 at 5:30 PM. This meeting will be held virtually using Zoom. Click here to register. Registration is required. Zoom meeting details will be provided upon registration. Museum Curator Kimberly McCarty will lead a discussion of the book club’s next selection: Misinformation Nation:  Foreign News and the Politics of Truth in Revolutionary America by Jordan E. Taylor.  Please read the Introduction - Chapter 2. Book club meetings are free and open to all. Members should provide their Read More

Weekly Living History Programs

Washington Crossing Historic Park 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA, United States

Join us for a series of Living History programs that we will be conducting in the park on Fridays in April - June, and then Fridays and Saturdays in July - September. These programs will cover a variety of of topics surrounding the life of Soldiers and civilians during the American Revolution. Demonstrations will take place at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30pm. Reenactors and demonstrators will discuss the topic/activity they are portraying while also providing context for how this would effect life during the American Revolution.

Weekly Living History Programs

Washington Crossing Historic Park 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA, United States

Join us for a series of Living History programs that we will be conducting in the park on Fridays in April - June, and then Fridays and Saturdays in July - September. These programs will cover a variety of of topics surrounding the life of Soldiers and civilians during the American Revolution. Demonstrations will take place at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30pm. Reenactors and demonstrators will discuss the topic/activity they are portraying while also providing context for how this would effect life during the American Revolution.