The Germantown neighborhood, one of Philly’s oldest settlements, is home to preserved historic homes, Black cultural landmarks and a key stop on the Underground Railroad. This fall, from October 3 to November 22, 2025, experience nine of the community’s impressive sites — all for one affordable price — with the new Historic Germantown One Pass. […]
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Living the Experience is a creative, spiritual, and interactive historical reenactment of the Underground Railroad, as it occurred on-site, at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in the City of Lancaster. Living The Experience (LTE) is the first Underground Railroad reenactment in Central Pennsylvania made available with a regular schedule of performances. $38.50 for ages 13+ […]
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Gibson House Manor. Learn about Dr. and Mrs. Gibson and the house they designed with 11 secret design elements to protect and hide runaway slaves before the Civil War, along with Pennsylvania’s contributions to the period before and during the Civil War. Tours also include presentation on 12 quilting symbols used by slaves on a […]
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Purvis was a member of the Byberry Library Company, whose book collection is still preserved at Byberry Meeting and whose circulation records are at the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore. Purvis checked out about 100 books in the 1850s and 1860s and the Poquessing Trail of History is building a program around this, including displaying […]
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