April 18, 2012
The Newtown Square Historical Society presents Guest speaker, Dr. Joseph Edgette, a retired Widener University professor and expert in various fields including the Titanic. Please join us in the Dunwoody Village Auditorium in Newtown Square, on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Dr. Edgette studied the Titanic for years. On the night of the ship’s fateful accident, several members of a wealthy well known local family, the Wideners, threw a dinner party for Captain Edward Smith, who planned to retire after this last voyage. Certainly a case of one voyage too many. The program will begin at 8:00 P.M. There is no charge to attend this presentation and school children are welcome. Fifteen minutes prior to the program, the Society will have a brief general meeting open to the public. Come early to stay informed about what’s new in historic Newtown Square including our
plans for Historic Newtown Square day on the first Saturday in June.
Dr. Edgette will give a stirring and informative talk on the history and tragic sinking of H.M.S. Titanic – the White Star Line’s unsinkable floating Palace. He will make this monumental event come to life with slides, facts and anecdotes, and tell of its impact on local families and history.
Refreshments will be served, offering the opportunity to network and meet your neighbors.
March 21, 2012
On Wednesday, March 21st, the Newtown Square Historical Society presents Mr. Gene Pisasale and his program on “Lafayette and the Battle of Brandywine”. You may be surprised to learn that this historic American Revolution battle had some spillover into Newtown Township and other nearby locations. Gene is a member of the Historical Societies of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware, the Chadds Ford Historical Society, American Friends of Lafayette and the Friends of Brandywine Battlefield and is on the Board of Directors of the Sanderson Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa. He is also the author of Lafayette’s Gold: The Lost Brandywine Treasure.
Admission is free and all are welcome, so please come and bring a friend. Refreshments will be served. Join us at the Dunwoody Village Auditorium (entrance located in Newtown Square on the south side of West Chester Pike at the intersection of Bryn Mawr Avenue) at 8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, March 21st.
February 15, 2012
The Newtown Square Historical Society is proud to have noted Speaker and Historian Ashley Hunter as their February 15th speaker. His subject will be Richard Nixon, a President whose story will be of interest to many people – especially those of us who lived through those turbulent times. Whatever his role in Watergate was, Watergate will always remain the big question and darkest moment during Nixon’s term in office. Great moments such as when Apollo II landed the first man on the moon tend to stand alone rather than remembered as part of the Nixon era. Have we forgotten that Nixon was the first president to travel to China?
Admission is free – all are welcome, so please come and bring a friend. Refreshments will be served. Join us at the Dunwoody Village Auditorium at 8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, February 15th.
January 18, 2012
The “Alligator“ was the first submarine purchased by the US Government back in the 1800’s. The Newtown Square Historical Society presents Guest speaker, Dan Cashin, at the Dunwoody Village Auditorium in Newtown Square, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. The program will begin at 8:00 P.M. There is no charge to attend this presentation and school children are welcome. Fifteen minutes prior to the program, the Society will have a brief general meeting open to the public. Come early to stay informed about what’s new in historic Newtown Square.
Dan explains how The Alligator influenced the history of Marcus Hook, As a participant in many Civil War enactments, Dan is knowledgeable on many facets of the devastating war between the Union and the succeeding states of the south. His little-known story of the U.S.S. Alligator, includes the ironclad USS Monitor and a Confederate submarine, CSS Hurley. This story appears to be directly out of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Although the sub was launched from a Philadelphia shipyard in 1862, it had many components of modern submarines and ties to Delaware County.
Refreshments will be served, offering the opportunity to network and meet your neighbors.
