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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DFCLT Features Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition A Place for All People
Caption: Poster from Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition, A Place for All People The Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust (DFCLT) President, Denise Dennis, in partnership with Keystone College, has arranged for an extraordinary exhibition, A Place for All People: Introducing the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to be displayed at Keystone College’s International Guest House ...
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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 of Sumner B. Dennis and the House were He was Born. The event, also, featured the Smithsonian Institution’s traveling exhibition, A Place for All People: ...
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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, 2016, for the dedication ceremony of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Dennis family descendants, DFCLT President Denise Dennis ...
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