2021 Upcoming EVENTS
Linda Harris &We Walk with Harriet to Kennett Square
October 6th in the afternoon.
Come out to welcome them and learn about the Mission of Linda and the walkers who joined her.
Check our Facebook page to get further details.
October 6th in the afternoon.
Come out to welcome them and learn about the Mission of Linda and the walkers who joined her.
Check our Facebook page to get further details.
Open House and Haunted History
October 29th 4 to 7 pm
If you haven't seen our exhibit yet, please come out and enjoy seasonal treats, tour the Center, and the Haunted History presentation, "The Real Housewives of Kennett Square."
October 29th 4 to 7 pm
If you haven't seen our exhibit yet, please come out and enjoy seasonal treats, tour the Center, and the Haunted History presentation, "The Real Housewives of Kennett Square."
Past Events:
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Kennett Occupation Day September 10th, 2021 |
On September 10th 1777, Kennett Township was overtaken with 15,000 of the English King's Crown Forces on their approach to the Battle of Brandywine.
We commemorate this event with British soldier re-enactors who impose themselves upon the gentle-folk of Kennett Square and actors who tell about the hardships the residents endured on this day in history. |
Juneteenth in Kennett Square, June 18, 19 & 20, 2021
Lighting the Way Lantern Making Workshop
Ken Johnston led a lantern making workshop in the afternoon, followed by a lantern parade in the evening. Ken is a Philadelphia-based walking artist, who responds to the call of social change and history by walking to put movement back in the civil rights movement.
Read about Ken's journey, below in 2020 Events.
Ice Cream Social and Story Circle
Following the Lantern Making Workshop we had ice cream, popsicles, and story time with Linda Harris. Among her reads will be “Runaway Slave” by Ann McGovern. It is the book that inspired her “We Walk With Harriet” Walk in September, 2020, read more below in 2020 Events.
United States Colored Troops: Agents of Emancipation
Author-talk by Dr. Cheryl Gooch and book signing of Hinsonville’s Heroes, accompanied by the
Massachusetts 54th USCT reenactors
Feed Your Soul Box Lunch by New Garden Memorial UAME Church
offered Fried fish or Baked chicken, seasoned green beans, macaroni salad, roll & butter, dessert, and a bottle of water.
Bethel AME Church Mushroom Soup Sale
Always Free- A Juneteenth Celebration
A one-woman performance by Oni Lasana as Mary Ella Grandberry.
Featuring the spoken word poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, she relates her experience as an
enslaved woman before, and a free woman after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Oni will have a display of artifacts and books.
Kennett Underground Railroad Center's Journey Toward Freedom Family Walk
Participants traveled from station to station using QR codes to learn myths and facts about Underground Railroad activity.
Abolitionists, Conductors and Underground Railroad Stations
Exhibit, book & map sale in the Annex at the Kennett Heritage Center
History of African Union Church of New Garden Township & Bucktoe Cemetery
Video presentation by New Garden Memorial UAME church member and Bucktoe Cemetery interpreter, Crystal Crampton.
This church was one of the earliest churches in the area established by free blacks.
Freedom seeker Isaac Mason was sheltered there on his flight from slavery.
Committed Spirits – Abolitionists, Underground Railroad Operators & Civil War Soldiers in the Longwood Cemetery.
A self-guided walking tour in Longwood Cemetery.
At a time when many cemeteries were considered off limits to African Americans, Longwood Cemetery,
with its Quaker roots, welcomed all.
Remembering the Past
Videos that relate the history of slavery, abolition, and emancipation can be viewed on Kennett Heritage Center’s You Tube channel.
Kennett Underground Railroad Center Bus Tour
Visited the sites where abolitionists lived and Underground Railroad activity took place.
September 10th 2020· We Walk with Harriet
On September 10, 2020, we welcomed the "We Walk with Harriet" women as they reached Kennett Square after 116 mile trek from Cambridge, MD to Kennett Square.
February 17th 2020 · Line to Freedom
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We met Ken Johnston on February 17, 2020 at Auburn Heights Preserve and accompanied him as he crossed the 'line to freedom' on his re-creation of Harriet Tubman's journey to lead her brothers out of slavery.
READ MORE HERE: Fox 29 News |
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September 10th 2020 · Occupation Day in Kennett Square
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We commemorated Kennett Occupation Day on September 10th with a short presentation at the Creamery, while authentic British infantry, from Chadds Ford Historical Society, marched around State Street.
READ MORE HERE: |
October 24th 2020· Sneak Preview
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October 24, 2020 donors and municipal representatives viewed the first room of the four-room exhibit in a Sneak Peak Open House.
READ MORE HERE: Chester County Press INTERESTED IN A PRIVATE TOUR? Contact Us! |