I was asked by an event organizer for a list of potential demonstrators and participants for an event recently. Compiling the list was painful so I am keeping it here for future reference. These are my favorites.
Presenters / Demonstrations
Company Contact Portrayal email Phone Ned Hector Noah Lewis Edward “Ned” Hector, Revolutionary War Hero nedhector@aol.com 610-352-4372 Benjamin Franklin Mike Kochan 1st Person Ben Franklin with experiments evilmike2@aol.com Forbes Road Frolic Chuck Krepley Colonial minstrels crkrepley@yahoo.com 412-260-1594 AWI Privateer Museum Samuel von Siegel Presentation of Privateering during Revolution awiprivateermuseum@gmail.com 267-227-0056 Stone House History Jay Ouellette Woodcarver and bowl maker stonehousehistory@gmail.com 717-339-6215 The Hebrew Hammer Daniel Lapidow Blacksmith diilapidow@verizon.com 917-886-8267 Liberty Lacers Bobbin natted lace libertylacers@gmail.com Marianne Tucker Folk Music Tucktale@aol.com 215-885-7073 Karll Newman Woodcarver and furniture maker kaizerpren@gmail.com 215-694-8155 Works on Paper Ed Kane painting and drawing studiokane@verizon.com 267-421-3603 Jack the Cooper Jack Stone Barrel and bucket maker jackthecooper@gmail.com 717-4751063 Sea Dogs Sea Shanties seadogs@brwnehenkyn.com 609-324-9134 Julie Thiebeau Resurrectionist jthieb@comcast.net Key Photo John Hurst Photographer keyphoto@live.com 856-981-8323 Caroline Herschel Lynn King 18th century astronomer klynnking@verizon.net George Washington Sam Davis Impression of General Washington on Campaign g1776wash@aol.com
Military Units
Sites and Venues
Site Contact email Phone Allaire Village info@allairevillage.org Bachmann Publick House info@northamptonctymuseum.org Old Barracks Museum info@barracks.org Old Bedford Village village15522@gmail.com Benjamin Banneker House Julie DeMatteis farmstead1@verizon.net Bolton Mansion Susan Plaisted foodhxsmp@aol.com Brandywine Battlefield Park bbpavolunteerdirector@gmail.com Carpenters Hall Michael Norris michaelnorris@carpentershall.org Chadds Ford Historical Society Sandi Johnson Sandi@ChaddsFordHistory.org Cliveden cwallace@cliveden.org Colonial Plantation Sarah Lerch programdirector@colonialplantation.org Conrad Weiser Homestead Info@ConradWeiserHomestead.org Daniel Boone Homestead thedanielboonehomestead@gmail.com Dill’s Tavern Sam McKinney traditionalbldr@comcast.net 717 576 5664 Dickinsons’ Delaware plantation JDPmuseum@delaware.gov Eastfield Village eastfieldvillage@gmail.com Elfreth’s Alley Sydney Banks sydneyhbanks@gmail.com Historic Fallsington info@historicfallsington.net Fort Delaware Jacob Miller Jacob.Miller@delaware.gov Fort Frederick fortfrederick.statepark@maryland.gov Fort Ligonier office@fortligonier.org Fort Loudon Mike Strausner mstrausner@gmail.com 717-372-5945 Fort Mifflin Elizabeth Beatty ehbeatty@comcast.net 215-685-4167 Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia Lydia Volakia lydia.volskis@fcmv.virginia.gov Goschenhoppen redmens_hall@goschenhoppen.org Graeme Park Beth MacCausland beth.maccausland@gmail.com 215-343-0965 Great Falls National Park William Casey Bill_Casey@nps.gov Grumblethorpe Michael Muehlbauer mmuehlbauer@philalandmarks.org the Hagley Museum AskHagley@hagley.org Hale Byrnes House Kim Burdick halebyrneshouse@aol.com Harriton House info@harritonhouse.org Herkimer Home Sharon Powell Sharon.Powell@parks.ny.gov (315) 823-0398 Highlands Mansion ddorsey@highlandshistorical.org Historic Jerusalem Mill Village historicjerusalemmill@gmail.com Joseph Priestley House jphopsmanager@gmail.com Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum c-jawestle@pa.gov Marshalls Tavern Mark Slouf markslouf@aol.com the Mansions of Fairmount Park visitorservices@philamuseum.org Mill at Anselma Operations@AnselmaMill.org Moland House jdmullen2@verizon.net Morgan Log House Molly Jobson director@morganloghouse.org 414-322-3279 Mt Harmon Paige Howard phoward@mountharmon.org Newland Grist Mill jshahan@newlingristmill.org Old Mill Village Museum buttonco@nep.net Pennypacker Mills Laura Foose Laura.Foose@montgomerycountypa.gov 610-287-9349 Peter Wentz Farmstead Margaret Blades Margaret.BleeckerBlades@montgomerycountypa.gov Physick House physickhouse@philalandmarks.org Pottsgrove Manor Ann Mumenthaler Ann.Mumenthaler@montgomerycountypa.gov (610) 326-4014 Powel House powelhouse@philalandmarks.org Princeton Battlefield State Park info@pbs1777.org Historic Rittenhouse Town Amy Ricci amy@rittenhousetown.org Schaeffer House info@hsimuseum.org Selma Mansion Russell Hubert russellrubert1@gmail.com the Speaker’s House Lisa Minardi lisa.minardi@gmail.com Stenton Mansion Rachel Corma rachel.corma@stenton.org Old Sturbridge Village osvinfo@osv.org Summerseat G1776wash@aol.com Sunrise Mill Andrew Lang Andrew.Lang@montgomerycountypa.gov Swedish Cabin contact@swedishcabin.info Wall House Timothy Esposito tmesposit@gmail.com Washington Crossing Park Katherine Heugatter kheugatter@friendswcp.org Woodford Mansion woodfordmansion@gmail.com Wyck Historic House info@wyck.org Thomas Massey House Patricia Martin 1696thomasmasseyhouse@gmail.com 610-353-3644 Morton Morton House Judy Anastasi 610-583-3002 Belmont Hall belmonthallde@gmail.com 302-264-9048 Barclay Farm Museum Barclay@CHNJ.gov 856-488-7868 Isaac Meier Homestead meierinfo1750@yahoo.com The George Taylor House GeorgeTaylorHouseAssoc@gmail.com Historic Trappe info@trappehistoricalsociety.org 610-489-7560 White Hill Mansion whitehillinfo@gmail.com HAY CREEK VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION info@haycreek.org 610-286-0388
Other Important Organizations
Company/Organization Contact email Phone Continental Chapter Sons of American Revolution Steven P. Kopsick skopsick@hotmail.com 267-242-4219 NJ Sons of the American Revolution Roger Williams roger@princetonSAR/org 609-389-5657 Pennsylvania Society, SAR Russell L. Mills seretary@passar.org 717-965-3348 Thornbury Farms CSA Randell Spackman rspackman1709@aol.com 610-587-4516 Swedish Colonial Society John Tepe governor@colonialswedish.net 302-656-3937 American Society of Le Souvenir Francais Thierry Chaunu tchaunu@souvenirFrancaisUSA.org 646-732-1822 Historic Philadelphia Geoffrey Berwind geoffery@historicphiladelphai.org 610-585-7582 Bergen County Historical Society info@BergenCountyHistory.org Conococheague Institute mwedd@cimlg.org Fort Washington Historical Society FWHistorical@gmail.com Historical Commission of Upper Dublin historicalcommission@upperdublin.org Historical Society of Montgomery County barryr@hsmcpa.org Newtown Square Historical Society info@nshistory.org York County Historical Society volunteer@yorkhistorycenter.org Wissahickon Valley Historical Society info@wvalleyhs.org Skippack Historical Society info@Skippack.org 610-584-1166 Worcester Historical Society president@worcesterhistorical.org