Symposium Pays Homage to Women of the Perkins-Dennis Family
Symposium Pays Homage to Women of the Perkins-Dennis Family Denise Dennis and Darryl Gore visit Elm Park Methodist Church in Scranton 85 years after their great-grandmother, Mary Kinslow Dennis (Mrs. Sumner Dennis), spoke at the Elm Park Women’s annual meeting. Front, from left: Louise Jones, president UMW, Elm Park Church; Cathy Hunt, vice president UMW, Elm Park Church, Dennis and ...
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Endless Mountains Heritage Region, Inc. Executive Director Tours Dennis Farm
Endless Mountains Heritage Region Executive Director, Annette Schultz, stands next to Perkins-Dennis Cemetery monument during a field trip to the farm, May 2017. Through our membership in the Endless Mountains Heritage Region, Inc. (EMHR), DFCLT has received a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), matched by DFCLT, to create an interpretive plan for the ...
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Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Tours Dennis Farm
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, Russell C. Redding, in front of Dennis farmhouse, with Denise Dennis, Darryl Gore, and Wade Catts Russell C. Redding, Secretary of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania visited the Dennis Farm in August 2017. Denise Dennis welcomed Secretary Redding to the farm and Dennis family member, Darryl Gore and DFCLT Board member, Wade Catts, escorted ...
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DFCLT Archival Project
Frontispiece, Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry by William Wirt, third edition, © 1818, from Dennis Farm Collection. Signature of Angeline Dennis, 1853, inside front cover of her book, Memoir of Rev. Dr. Judson, Volume I, by Frances Wayland, President of Brown University, © 1853, from Dennis Farm Collection. Inscription reads "Dimock, Susquehanna County, PA, November ...
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Association for the Study of African American Life and History Features Dennis Farm Presentation
Photo Caption: Dennis Family descendants DFCLT President Denise Dennis, first row, fifth from left in gray dress, and Darryl Gore first row, far right, pose with members of ASALH's Philadelphia/Montgomery County chapter, March 26, 2017. The Philadelphia/Montgomery County chapter of the venerable Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) invited DFCLT President Denise Dennis to ...
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Dennis Farm Featured on “PA Live!”
(photo courtesy WBRE-TV) In February 2017, WBRE-TV, the NBC affiliate in the Northeast Pennsylvania media market, featured the Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust on its program, PA Live!. In the two-part program, host David Kuharick interviewed DFCLT President Denise Dennis about the history of the farm and the work being done by DFCLT today to preserve the property and ...
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Dennis Farm Honored at PA’s 101st Annual Farm Show
Pennsylvania's Secretary of Agriculture, Russell C. Redding, presents plaque to DFCLT's Denise Dennis. (photo courtesy of the PA Farm Show) Click here to view the full presentation ceremony On February 12, 2017, Russell C. Redding Secretary of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania graciously presented DFCLT President Denise Dennis with a plaque honoring the Dennis Farm and DFCLT’s work to ...
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Dennis Visits Museum of the American Revolution
Standing under entrance to the "Lexington and Concord" exhibit at the Museum of the American Revolution are Philip Mead, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Chief Historian, Denise Dennis, and Adrienne Whaley, Manager of School Programs. (photo courtesy of the Museum of the American Revolution) On December 20, 2016, DFCLT President Denise Dennis was privileged to have a personal tour of the ...
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