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Fourth Annual Dennis Farm Symposium
The Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust (DFCLT), in partnership with Keystone College, hosted the Fourth Annual Dennis Farm Symposium, October 5, 2016. The theme of the symposium was Celebrating the 150th Birthday ...
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Dennis Family Descendants Guests at Opening of Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photo Caption: Dennis family descendants Denise Dennis and Darryl Gore at opening of the Smithsonian’s NMAAHC In a spirit of joyous appreciation, thousands of people gathered on the Mall in Washington, DC, on September 24, ...
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Education Mission: DFCLT Partners with University of Delaware on Historic Structures Report
Photo Caption: Staff for HSR field survey: Rebecca Sheppard, PhD. (third from right), Lauren Johnson, Kristen Herrick, Emma Gencarelli, Cathrine Morrisey, Michael Barni, Kevin Emmons, from the University of Delaware and Candice Myruski (fourth from ...
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DFCLT 2015 Symposium Program Celebrates 200th Birthday of Henry W. Dennis
Maria Madison, PhD, Board President of The Robbins House, Concord, MA's center for African and Abolitionist History, delivers Keynote Address at Dennis Farm's Third Annual Symposium, October 7, 2015 The 2015 DFCLT symposium program ...
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DFCLT Symposium Funded by Chairman’s Award from National Endowment for the Humanities
Photo Caption: PHMC Commissioner, William Lewis (far right), stands with descendants of the Perkins-Dennis family, from left to right, Lonnie Moore, Edith Dennis Moore Stephens, Darryl Gore and Denise Dennis at unveiling and dedication ceremony ...
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DFCLT Hosts Dinner Meeting for Interpretive Planning Professionals
Photo Caption: First row, from left to right, Brent Leggs, National Trust for Historical Preservation; Marilyn Whittington, Delaware Humanities Forum; Denise Dennis, Jennifer Scott, Jane Addams-Hull House Museum, Chicago; Tricia Brooks, National Endowment for the ...
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Third Annual Dennis Farm Symposium Celebrates 200th Birthday of Henry W. Dennis
The Third Annual Dennis Farm Symposium will take place on October 7, 2015.This year the symposium celebrates the 200th birthday of Henry W. Dennis (1815-1882). Maria Madison, President of Robbins House, Concord, MA’s ...
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DFCLT Recipient of NEH Chairman’s Award
The Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust is the proud recipient of the prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman’s Award, under the auspicious of Chairman William Adams. The award will support the Third Annual ...
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An Eighth Generation Perkins-Dennis Family Member Reflects on Opening of Smithsonian Exhibition
An Eighth Generation Perkins-Dennis Family Member Reflects on Opening of Smithsonian Exhibition By: Lonae Moore Seventeen-year-old Lonae Moore and her twin brother Lonnie IV, are direct descendants of the Perkins-Dennis Family through their father, Lonnie ...
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Dennis Farm and Family Featured in Historic Smithsonian Exhibition
Photo caption: Perkins-Dennis direct descendants Denise Dennis and Darryl Gore pose next to exhibit “Early Settlers: the Perkins-Dennis Family” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture’s preview gala of exhibition, Through ...
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