I know lots of you struggle with the idea of civil disobedience. Marches are easy but ineffective and easily ignored. Boycotts require enduring a bit of inconvenience and difficulty often equal to the effect they have on their intended target. None of these are good excuses for disengaging from the struggle but sometimes we need …
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“Rules by which a GREAT EMPIRE may be reduced to a SMALL ONE”
Franklin wrote this satirical piece while serving in London as the colonial agent for several colonies. His numerous letters to London newspapers presenting the colonists’ point of view were often reprinted in colonial newspapers. “Rules by which a GREAT EMPIRE may be reduced to a SMALL ONE” —The Public Advertiser, London, 11 September 1773(as printed …
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A New Program: Parlor Games Workshop
I just completed a new program offering. Before electricity, television and the internet, parlor games were a popular form of entertainment to put boredom at bay during the short days and long, dark evenings of winter. For those who could not afford to light the entirety of their home or to keep a fire lit …
Treason is a hard case to prove: The Burr Conspiracy.
When Vice President Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804, he also killed his chance to be president. Wanted for murder in New York, he fled the state and went to Philadelphia. Realizing that he had no future on the east coast, Burr, in a frantic effort to salvage his destroyed political …
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Come to Haddonfield
Want to have the Regimental Brewmeister at your site or event? You can hire me. https://colonialbrewer.com/yes-you-can-hire-me-for-your-event-or-site/
Coming-of-age ale — a long-forgotten British beer style
For most of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, the practice of home-brewing was common on most farms and homestead, but one beer style was almost exclusively the domain of noblemen and country gentlemen – the “coming-of-age” beer. These beers, typically extra stout, were brewed and laid down laid down when the son and heir …
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Come to Crooked Billet and Learn to Survey
Saturday, April 26, 202510 am – 4pmKeith Valley Middle School227 Meetinghouse Rd, Horsham, PA In my persona as “David Rittenhouse,” I will be conducting hands-on surveying demonstrations at this years Crooked Billet History Fair in Horsham. The first surveyors in America arrived with the Jamestown Company in 1621. Given the goal of quickly settling Virginia …
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ITS TODAY! — The Admiral of the Blue Apron will run this year’s Cannonball Tavern at Fort Mifflin
Saturday, April 19th6:00 pm – 10:00 pm While few Officers’ Clubs survived the Cold War, we are going to bring back the tradition at Fort Mifflin this year. Military Officers’ clubs date back to the Middle Ages and were establishments where officers from the aristocratic landowners congregated. These were meant to be distinct from the …
Come to Crooked Billet and Learn to Survey
Saturday, April 26, 202510 am – 4pmKeith Valley Middle School227 Meetinghouse Rd, Horsham, PA In my persona as “David Rittenhouse,” I will be conducting hands-on surveying demonstrations at this years Crooked Billet History Fair in Horsham. The first surveyors in America arrived with the Jamestown Company in 1621. Given the goal of quickly settling Virginia …
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Taverns are Essential to Democracy
In our modern world, we often confuse hearing “news” with the ubiquitous presentations on television, radio, and social media. Long before we were bombarded with broadcasted information and opinions, we shared “news” in a more human and sociable way, … at the local tavern. Public houses and taverns played an integral role in the life …
Michael Carver -- Historical Interpreter/Reenactor 