Rosement College Students Create Dennis Farm Symposium Scrapbook
Professor Christine Hagedorn, Chairman of the Division of Social Sciences, and Sociology Professor Joanne Campbell, of Rosemont College, located in suburban Philadelphia, accompanied approximately twenty-six students to the Dennis Farm’s 10th Annual Symposium in October. The impressive group included students who are taking a course called “Healing Earth: Theory and Practice” and several from Rosemont’s Black Student Union. In ...
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Farmhouse Restoration, Phase I Completed
Repaired northeast basement walls. Through a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and donations to DFCLT, Phase I of the Dennis Farmhouse Restoration was completed in May 2022. This marks the first major step toward restoring and transforming the 200-year-old farmhouse to a museum. The project entailed repairing the original stonewalls ...
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Students from the Museum of the American Revolution’s Living History Youth Summer Institute at the Dennis Farm
The Museum of the American Revolution’s (MoAR) Living History Youth Summer Institute traveled to The Dennis Farm for a field trip, on July 29, 2022. The Youth Summer Institute, held from July 6 to August 12, introduced participants to the field of costumed historical interpretation and various departments within the MoAR. The students were between 16-21 years ...
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On the Pennsylvania Road tours Dennis Farm
Journalist Jon Meyer of WNEP-TV, the ABC News affiliate in Northeast Pennsylvania, visited the Dennis Farm on June 28, 2022, for his documentary series, On the Pennsylvania Road. Meyers toured the Dennis Farm and interviewed DFCLT President, Denise Dennis, and VP of Development, Darryl Gore. The program was broadcast in June. Watch Video Watch ...
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European Cultural channel interviews DFCLT President
In June, the European Cultural Channel, ARTE, which is the equivalent of the United States’ PBS, interviewed DFCLT President, Denise Dennis, for their series Invitation au voyage. ARTE producer Anne Sedes, interviewed Denise in Philadelphia’s historic district, including the Museum of the American Revolution. Because she is the descendent of an African American family that was free and ...
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Keystone College Salutes DFCLT
On June 15, 2022, Keystone College hosted a luncheon for DFCLT officers in appreciation of DFCLT’s ten thousand dollar donation to the college.Following the luncheon, the Dennis Farm team was treated to a tour of Keystone’s beautiful campus. Keystone College and DFCLT have an ongoing partnership. Lucas Taylor, Director of Student Activities and Multicultural Affairs at ...
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Wade Catts, DFCLT Board Member, makes Historic Discovery
Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust Board member, Wade Catts, MA, RPA, and Jennifer Janofsky, PhD, historian and archaeologist at Rowan University, who spoke at our Forum, “It Begins with Each of Us: Fostering Racial Understanding,” in February 2022, were in the news frequently this summer. Catts and Janofsky have been sharing news about the exciting archaeological project ...
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Dennis Farm Wildflowers
As the summer winds down, we wanted to share this slide show of a few of the variety of wildflowers that flourish on The Dennis Farm during the spring and summer. One of our environmental projects with Keystone College will be to identify the Farm’s wildflowers.