Washington Crossing Historic Park is pleased to host a lecture by Dr. Michelle Craig McDonald on her new book, "Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States". In this fascinating talk, McDonald discusses her book exploring how coffee became central to daily life in colonial America and how coffeehouses emerged as lively hubs for news, debate, and revolutionary ideas. Drawing on the rich collections of the American Philosophical Society, she connects global trade networks to everyday life in Pennsylvania, from Philadelphia’s role as a major international port to the labor systems that supported the coffee trade, including the Read More
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Join us each month as historical interpreters and reenactors bring a piece of history to life at Washington Crossing Historic Park. Each month’s program will run from 11-3, and will cover various aspects on military life during the American Revolution. The programs will take place on the 2nd Saturday of each month April – September. There is no admission or registration, all you have to do is show up and be ready to learn something new! You can find the schedule and topics below; April 11: uniform production May 9: Maritime services in the American Revolution June 13: Continental Read More |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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