The Revolutionary War and Civil War markers in the Perkins-Dennis Family Cemetery honor three African American men who fought for the freedoms we enjoy today. In the American Revolution, they fought for freedom from monarchy, from one-person rule.

  The Dennis Farm has been chosen as a 2020 grant recipient of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) through its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. The farm was settled in Brooklyn Township over 225 years ago by a free African American family whose direct descendants have retained stewardship of the property to

Juneteenth celebrates the day, June 19, 1865, that Union General Gordon Granger formally announced, in Galveston, that enslaved Africans Americans were emancipated.

We are a strong and resilient nation and we can overcome these present troubles—but only if we are united as one people.  Let’s join hands across our differences and build a better world together.  Let’s work together to expunge hatred and injustice through the way we live our lives and the choices we make each

DFCLT President Denise Dennis gave a Zoom presentation on “Generational Leadership and Nineteenth Century Agriculture on the Dennis Farm” for Temple University’s College of Engineering’s Center for Inclusive Competitiveness (CIC) program, “Achieving Sustainability thru STEM Education & the Internet of Things” (ASSET).