GIVING TUESDAY at HISTORIC GERMANTOWN

Benefiting Philadelphia’s prized cultural assets.

We’re putting our own spin on Giving Tuesday with #GIVINGTUESDAYHISTORICGERMANTOWN a special fundraiser that empowers you to OFFER YOUR ENCOURAGMENT AND SUPPORT this holiday season.

3 Ways You Can Get Involved on December 3rd

#1. Sponsor a Budding Historian and help ensure free access to the next generation of historians, archivists and curators.
#2. Underwrite the free use of Historic Germantown’s space for community groups or Germantown start-ups and help us continue to be the “hub” of Germantown.
#3. Offer a gift to promote and preserve our 18 sites

These awesome initiatives support Historic Germantown and The Germantown Historical Society, will be available on Giving Tuesday (December 3). Stay in the loop on all the exciting happenings at HG/GHS and our consortium of 18 sites by keeping tabs on FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM

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Historic Germantown and Big Blue Marble Bookstore are happy to partner up again to bring another great book event. David W. Young’s “The Battles of Germantown: Effective Public History in America” celebrates our neighborhood’s struggles to keep our past alive, thriving, and part of the future of our community.
David will be speaking about his research and about how lessons from Germantown on how the public engages the past can be used to guide cities across the country.

Books will be for sale, and would make much-beloved presents for local history buffs.

Author David Young, a neighborhood resident who worked at Germantown historic sites for decades, uses his practitioner’s perspective to give examples of what he calls “effective public history.” The Battles of Germantown shows how the region celebrated “Negro Achievement Week” in 1928 and, for example, how social history research proved that the neighborhood’s Johnson House was a station on the Underground Railroad. These encounters have useful implications for addressing questions of race, history, and memory, as well as issues of urban planning and economic revitalization.

Germantown’s historic sites use public history and provide leadership to motivate residents in an area challenged by job loss, population change, and institutional inertia. The Battles of Germantown illustrates how understanding and engaging with the past can benefit communities today.

Visit Awbury Arboretum and enjoy FREE light refreshments, holiday music, marshmallow roasting around our fire pit, cookie decorating, and more as you shop for your holiday greens and gifts.

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Please join us at Stenton on Saturday, December 7th as we usher in the holiday season! Get in the holiday spirit with music, tea, light fare, a holiday craft, and plenty of holiday cheer!

Free Event, please register here.

Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion invites you to a party!

The Board of Trustees of the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion requests your presence as we celebrate the Mansion and get a rare peek into the home of Mark and Jeanette Turnbull decorated in Victorian Christmas splendor!
Join us as we honor Tulpehocken Station Historic District Preservationists, Luke and Marjorie Russell, Jeff Smith, and Linda Corsover.
Enjoy splendid hors d’oeuvres, champagne, wine, and desserts.
Appreciate holiday and 19th-century piano music, great conversation and a silent auction.

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With the Philadelphia Orchard Project

Join POP and Awbury Arboretum for an evening of winter wassailing with music by West Philly Orchestra! The British tradition of wassailing involves visiting orchards in cider-producing regions of England, and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. There will be mulled cider, hard cider offerings from local cideries, light bites, fire pits, and a raffle.

Come out on December 7, 2019 for our annual Christmas Carol Sing. The service will begin at 7:00 pm. There will be refreshments following the service. Please note that space is limited for this event, so try to arrive early to ensure you have a seat.