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National Endowment for the Humanities Awards $400,000 Matching Grant to Historic Dennis Farm
Jon Parrish Peede, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), far left, with members of the Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust (DFCLT) team during a program announcing NEH grant to DFCLT, Christ Church, ...
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Women’s History Month Tribute Mary Kinslow Dennis (1869-1957)
This Woman’s History Month, the Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust celebrates the 150th birthday and life of Mary Priscilla Kinslow Dennis. Born March 17, 1869, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Louis and ...
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DFCLT Hosts Forum at National Constitution Center
Guests arrive at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia for DFCLT's Lonae A. Moore Memorial Forum, "It Begins with Each of Us: Fostering Racial Understanding, February 7, 2019. The setting of the National Constitution ...
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The Dennis Farm at The 2019 Pennsylvania Farm Show
DFCLT President Denise Dennis addresses audience at the 103rd Annual Pennsylvania Farm Show's Public Officials Luncheon, January 9, 2019. Seated behind her to the right, Russell C. Redding, PA Secretary of Agriculture. On January ...
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In Memoriam: Lonaé Ashley Moore (1997-2018) Eighth Generation
Pictured above, Lonaé A. Moore, an eighth generation-direct descendant of the Perkins-Dennis family, at DFCLT Forum, "It Begins with Each of Us: Fostering Racial Understanding," October 10, 2018. The Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust ...
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DFCLT Honors 100th Anniversary of Norman H. Dennis Surviving the Sinking of His Ship in World War I
Norman H. Dennis, US Navy, World War I One hundred years ago this year, Norman H. Dennis (1898-1976), the oldest of the fifth generation of the Perkins-Dennis family in Pennsylvania, participated in the great adventure of ...
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It Begins with Each of Us: DFCLT Sponsors Forum on Race
A view of DFCLT Forum: "It Begins with Each of Us: Fostering Racial Understanding." On the evening of October 10, the Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust, in partnership with Keystone College, sponsored a ...
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DFCLT Featured at African American History and Culture Showcase
Seventh-generation Perkins-Dennis family descendants, Darryl Gore, left, DFCLT, VP of Development and right, Lonnie Moore, III, DFCLT, VP of Marketing represent the Dennis Farm at the Fifteenth Annual African American History and Culture ...
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Women’s History Month: DFCLT Honors Edith Angeline Dennis (1899-1980)
Thirty-five years ago, March 1983, Pennsylvania’s Department of Education honored a select group of the Commonwealth’s most outstanding women in, Pennsylvania’s Women, a Women’s History Week publication. Among the women profiled in the publication ...
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Award-winning Documentary Filmmaker, Gregory Matkosky Keynote Speaker at Fifth Annual Dennis Farm Symposium
In October 2017, DFCLT hosted our Fifth Annual Dennis Farm Symposium at Keystone College and the farm. Our keynote speaker, Emmy and Cine Golden Eagle Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Gregory Matkosky, proved to be ...
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