January
13 – Friday – Lee/Jackson Day
New Location!
28 - Saturday - Annual Meeting at Conococheague Institute,
Mercersburg, PA - 12 Noon
February
26 – Sunday – “President’s Day”
1820’s program featuring President James Monroe
at the New York Historical Society Museum
New York City, NY
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March
(Nothing Scheduled at this time)
April
Did you Know that April is Confederate History Month?
It was established after the war to honor and remember those who
served in the Confederate Army during the war.
29 – Saturday – “Heritage Day”
Virginia Folkways of the 1820’s
Michie House, Louisa County Historical Society
Louisa, VA
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May
6 & 7 - Saturday & Sunday - Confederate Artillery Program
Pitzer’s Woods, Gettysburg NBP
Gettysburg, PA
20 & 21 - Saturday & Sunday – “Swine, Wine & Roses”
Rural Pennsylvania Life of the 1820’s
Conococheague Institute, Mercersburg, PA
29 - Monday - Memorial Day
12:00 Noon at Wentz Church
Skippack, Pennsylvania
June
10 – Saturday – “1820’s Public House”
Hartzel-Strassburger Homestead
Hilltown Twsp Historical Society Sellersville, PA
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July
New Program!
22 & 23 – Saturday & Sunday – “The Aftermath of First Manassas”
Confederate Field Hospital, 1861
Ben Lomond Historic Site (actually used as a field hospital)
Manassas, VA.
August
12 & 13 – Saturday & Sunday – “The Long March North”
Confederate/Union combined
Mt. Zion Church, Aldie, VA
New Program!
19 – Saturday – “Heckler Fest” – 1820’s Public House
Heckler Plans Farmstead
Harleysville, PA.
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September
2 & 3 – Saturday & Sunday - Confederate Artillery Program
Pitzer’s Woods, Gettysburg NBP
Gettysburg, PA
16 - Saturday- “Fall Festival” (1820)
Hartzel-Strassburger Homestead
Hilltown Twsp Historical Society
Sellersville, PA
October
14 & 15 - Saturday & Sunday - Confederate Artillery Program
Bristoe Station Battlefield, Manassas, VA
21 - Saturday – “Grave Tales” Cemetery Tours
Old Goshenhoppen Church, Woxall, PA.
November
5 - Sunday - Veteran’s Day Tribute TBA
18 - Saturday - Remembrance Day Ceremony
Hancock Equestrian Statue on East Cemetery Hill
11:00 A.M.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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December
New Program!
9 - Saturday – “Christmas of the 1820’s”
Conococheague Institute,
Mercersburg, PA
New Program!
15 & 16 – Friday (evening) & Saturday – “Christmas at The Public House”
Heckler Plans,
Harleysville, PA
“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good
conscience to remain silent”
For more information on these or any of the programs and activities
of the W.S. Hancock Society, please contact us at: [email protected]
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