FACES & PLACES
ART & HISTORy
MAY 2007

Third Annual New Hope History Day, June 2, 10 AM - 3 PM, New Hope. Sponsored by the New Hope Historical Society, the New Hope Solebury High School AP History Classes, and Coryell's Ferry Militia.

The New Hope Historical Society's annual New Hope History Day has continued to expand its celebration of the borough's meaninful role in the American Revolution.

Watch the parade as it moves from the NHS High School down Ferry Street . Coryell's Ferry Militia will be reenacting Washingon't Crossing at Coryell's Ferry.

At 10:30 AM the new Historic Site Marker at the New Hope Solebury Library will be dedicated. At 11:15 there will be a commemoration of Washington's Crossing on his way to the Battle of Monmouth. The parade ends at the Parry Mansion where High School students will demonstrate colonial activities.

At 2:30 PM there will be a tour of the Parry Mansion for Delaware Steam Boat Classroom ticket holders.

At 3:30 the Delaware River Steamboat embarks on a floating classroom tour of the river.

Join us anywhere along the parade route and plesae do stop by the Parry Mansion in support of the High School students' project.